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Whittle - Variants: Whittell, Whitell, Whittall, Wittle
English:
(i) locative name from Whittle (Lancs, Northumb), Whittle le Woods (Lancs), or topographic for someone who lived ‘(by the) white hill’, from Middle English whit(te) + hil(le). Whittles Farm in Mapledurham (Oxon) is Whitelewe, 1493 in (Place-Names of Oxon), ‘white hill’, from Old English hlǣw.
(ii) locative name for someone who lived ‘(by the) clear spring or stream’, from Middle English whit(te) + wel(la), wel(l)e : Whittles Hall in Springfield (Essex) was the home of Hasculph de Whitewell, 1346 in Close Rolls, and Whitwell (Cambs) is pronounced Wittle.
The early distributions of Whittall and Whittle overlap in Lancs and Cheshire, and some forms may belong with Whitehall
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
The Whittle DNA Project is for anyone with ancestors of the surname Whittle or related variations.
You can also join the Whittle Forum at https://www.facebook.com/groups/Whittle/
PROJECT TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
By joining this project you are accepting the following terms and conditions.
You are solely responsible for your User Provided Content. It is your personal responsibility to manage your personal information options for your account, including your privacy and sharing preferences.
Project Members and Administrators may use information shared in this project to research genetic and genealogical relationships. Information includes DNA data that you share.
Project Members and Administrators may publish papers, research, reports, and genealogies which include information shared in this project.
You grant the Project Members and Administrators a perpetual, irrevocable, and unrestricted right to use information that you share in this project. Such uses include publication of papers, research, reports, and genealogies.
Within the limits allowed by applicable laws, you expressly acknowledge and agree that Project Administrators shall not be liable for any indirect, direct, incidental, consequential, special, or exemplary damages resulting from your having joined, used, or participated in the project.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Project Administrators from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from your access to the project or your use of information shared in the project.
Project Administrators are unpaid volunteers. You understand that Administrators do not monitor all project activity and may not respond promptly to member inquiries.
English:
(i) locative name from Whittle (Lancs, Northumb), Whittle le Woods (Lancs), or topographic for someone who lived ‘(by the) white hill’, from Middle English whit(te) + hil(le). Whittles Farm in Mapledurham (Oxon) is Whitelewe, 1493 in (Place-Names of Oxon), ‘white hill’, from Old English hlǣw.
(ii) locative name for someone who lived ‘(by the) clear spring or stream’, from Middle English whit(te) + wel(la), wel(l)e : Whittles Hall in Springfield (Essex) was the home of Hasculph de Whitewell, 1346 in Close Rolls, and Whitwell (Cambs) is pronounced Wittle.
The early distributions of Whittall and Whittle overlap in Lancs and Cheshire, and some forms may belong with Whitehall
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
The Whittle DNA Project is for anyone with ancestors of the surname Whittle or related variations.
You can also join the Whittle Forum at https://www.facebook.com/groups/Whittle/
PROJECT TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
By joining this project you are accepting the following terms and conditions.
You are solely responsible for your User Provided Content. It is your personal responsibility to manage your personal information options for your account, including your privacy and sharing preferences.
Project Members and Administrators may use information shared in this project to research genetic and genealogical relationships. Information includes DNA data that you share.
Project Members and Administrators may publish papers, research, reports, and genealogies which include information shared in this project.
You grant the Project Members and Administrators a perpetual, irrevocable, and unrestricted right to use information that you share in this project. Such uses include publication of papers, research, reports, and genealogies.
Within the limits allowed by applicable laws, you expressly acknowledge and agree that Project Administrators shall not be liable for any indirect, direct, incidental, consequential, special, or exemplary damages resulting from your having joined, used, or participated in the project.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Project Administrators from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from your access to the project or your use of information shared in the project.
Project Administrators are unpaid volunteers. You understand that Administrators do not monitor all project activity and may not respond promptly to member inquiries.