Whitefield

English

Alternative forms

• Whitfield

Proper noun

Whitefield

1. A surname.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     Jones had no sooner quitted the room, than the petty-fogger, in a whispering tone, asked Mrs Whitefield, “If she knew who that fine spark was?”

2. A number of places in England:
   1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8006).
   2. A hamlet in Morden parish, Dorset, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9094).
   3. A suburb of Nelson, Pendle district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8537).
   4. A hamlet in Wiveliscombe parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, previously in Taunton Deane district (OS grid ref ST0729).
3. A neighbourhood of Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Bureau County and Marshall County, Illinois.
   2. A township in Marshall County, Illinois.
   3. A town in Lincoln County, Maine, named after George Whitefield.
   4. A township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, named after Edwin Whitefield.
   5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Coos County, New Hampshire.
   6. A town in Haskell County, Oklahoma, also named after George Whitefield.

Translations

a neighbourhood of Bangalore, India

• Hindi: वाइटफ़ील्ड (vāiṭfīlḍ)