Whitcross, W. R. (8) a hamlet
in the township and parish of Emley,
wapentake of Agbrigg, 7 miles S. W.
from Wakefield.

Whitea, N.R. (1) a hamlet in the
township^ and parish of Grinton, wa-
pentake of Hang West, 3 miles S. W.
from Reeth.

White Hill, W. R. (8) a hamlet
in the township of Greasborough, pa-
rish of Rotherham, wapentake of Straf-
forth and Tickhill, 2 miles N. from
Sheffield.

White Hill, W. R. (4) a hamlet
in the township and parish of Keighley,
wapentake of Staincliffe, 3 miles W.
from Keighley.

White Houses, W. R. (4) a ham-
let in the township of High Bishop
Side, parish of Ripon, wapentake of
Claro, 1§ mile E. from Pateley Bridge.

White Houses, N. R. (5) a ham-
let in the township and parish of Eas-
ingwold, wapentake of Bulmer, 1 mile
N. from Easingwold.

White Lee, W. R. (7) a hamlet
in the township of Quick, parish of
Rochdale, Lancashire, wapentake of
Agbrigg, 2§ miles S. from Dobcross.

White Lees, W. R. (7) a hamlet
in the township of Scammonden, parish
of Huddersfield, wapentake of Agbrigg,
6 miles W. from Huddersfield.

Whiteley Wood, W. R. (8) a
hamlet in the township of Ecclesall
Bierlow, parish of Sheffield, wapen-
take of Strafforth and Tickhill, 3£
miles S. W. from Sheffield. Whiteley
Wood Hall is the seat of William Sil-
cock, Esq.

Whitendale, W. R. (4) a hamlet
in the township of Bowland Forest, pa-
rish of Slaidburn, wapentake of Stain-
cliffe, 3 miles N. W. from Slaidburn.

Whitewall Corner, E. R. (5) a
hamlet in the township and parish of
Norton, wapentake of Buckrose, 2
miles S. from Malton. This hamlet is
conveniently situated for the training
of race horses.

White Well, W. R. (4) a hamlet
in the township of Bowland Forest, but
in the parish of Whaliey, Lancashire,
wapenfake of Staincliffe, 5 miles S. W.
from Slaidburn; a ehapelry to Whaliey.

White Windows, W. R. (7). See
Sowerby.

Whitfield Gill, N. R. (1). See
Abbotside Low.

Whitgift, W. R. (8) a parish and
township in the wapentake of Osgold-
cross, 6 miles S. E. from Howden; in-
habitants, 310; a perpetual curacy;
patron, Lord Yarborough. This place,
situated near the junction ®f the Trent
with the Ouse, is remarkable as the
scene of a domestic calamity which be-
fell, in 1614, the three sons of Lord
Sheffield, president of the north, who,
in passing over the Ouse at Whitgift
Ferry, were drowned with all their ser-
vants, and their bodies never found.
The parish of Whitgift contains the
townships of Ousefleet, Reedness, and
Swinefleet. Entire population, 2202.

Whitley, W. R. (8) a township in
the parishes of Kellington and Snaith,
wapentake of Osgoldcross, 6 miles W.
from Snaith ; inhabitants, 284.

Whitley, W. R. (8) a hamlet in
the township and parish of Ecclesfield,
wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, 5
miles N. from Sheffield. Whitley Hall
is the seat ofWm. Bingley, Esq.

Whitley House, W. R. (4). See
Manningham.

Whitley, Lower, W. R. (8) a
township in the parish of Thornhill,
wapentake of Agbrigg, 8 miles S. W.
from Wakefield; inhabitants, 903.

Whitley, Upper, W. R. (8) a
township in the parish of Kirk Heaton,
wapentake of Agbrigg, 7 miles S. W.
from Wakefield; inhabitants, 764.
Whitley Hall is the seat of R. H.
Beaumont, Esq., whose family has
possessed the estate since the reign of
Henry III.; the present mansion was
built in the reign of Elizabeth, and en-
larged in 1704.