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Whitwell

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  1. 1
    A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Bolsover district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK5276). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A number of places in England:; A village in St Paul's Walden parish, North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL1821). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A number of places in England:; A village in Niton and Whitwell parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ5278). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places in England:; A locality in Reepham parish, Broadland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG0921). countable, uncountable

    "The east of the market place is dominated by the tall tower of St Michael's Church, which strangely is not the parish church of Reepham but of neighbouring Whitwell. At one time three churches stood in the churchyard; Reepham's Church of St Mary is joined by its choir vestry to St Michael's, and the third church belonged to Hackford, but has been a ruin since 1543."

  5. 5
    A number of places in England:; A hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE2899). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A number of places in England:; A small village and civil parish in Rutland (OS grid ref SK9208). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A city in Marion County, Tennessee, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + well.

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