English
Whyteleafe
A variant of white + leaf, apparently from the white underside of whitebeam leaves; another source says it was named from White Leaf Field in 1839 (A.
The story
A variant of white + leaf, apparently from the white underside of whitebeam leaves; another source says it was named from White Leaf Field in 1839 (A. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place Names).
Today it means
name A village and civil parish in Tandridge district, Surrey, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TQ3358).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
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