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Habitational name from Whitehalgh in Blackburn (Lancashire) or Whitehall (Shropshire) which derive from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + halh ‘nook’. In some instances the name may derive from Middle English whit ‘white’ + hall ‘hall’ or from a building or a place so named.

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