English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Win Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aston

Historical Forms

  • (Aston sub') Wythinehull late13th LichChart
  • Winnehill 1566 FF
  • Winhill 1599 DuLaSC 1675 Map

Etymology

Win Hill, (Aston sub ') Wythinehull late 13thLichChart , Winnehill 1566FF , Winhill 1599DuLaSC , 1675Map , 'withy hill', v. wīðign , hyll . Cf. Withnell (PN La 132) and for the phonetic development Winton (ib 40).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement