Whitgift may refer to: Whitgift, East Riding of Yorkshire, a small village near the confluence of the River Ouse and the River Trent. John Whitgift, an English archbishop, who founded or gave his name to: the Whitgift Foundation the Whitgift Almshouses Whitgift School, an independent school in Croydon Trinity School of John Whitgift, an independent school in Croydon Old Palace School of John Whitgift, an independent school in Croydon Whitgift Centre, a shopping centre in Croydon Whitgift School, Grimsby, a comprehensive school in Grimsby