Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wintreburne 1086 DB(f.85)

• Wintreborna Exon

• Winterburn(e), Wynterburn(e) 1212 Fees 1228 Ch 1270 ADIII 1290 Fine

• Wyntirburne 1269 ADIII

• Wynterburn(e) Wast(e), Winterburn(e) Wast(e), Winterbo(u)rn(e) Wast(e) 1244 Ass 1291 Tax 1297 Pat 1501 DorR

• -otherwise Munckton' 1655 DCMDeed

• Winterburn Sancti Michaelis de Vasto 1269 Pat

• Winterborn Wast, Winterborn de Wasto 1286 ADIII

• Wynterb(o)urn(e) Moneketon(e), Winterb(o)urn(e) Moneketon(e) 1268,1280 Ass

• Wynterburn Munketon, Winterburn Munketon, Wyntreburn Munketon, Wyntrebo(u)rne Munketon 1288 1464 DCMCt 1465 Weld1 1481 Ct

• Wyntrebo(u)rne Monketon 1397 Cl 1406 Pat 1544 PlR

• Wyntrebo(u)rne Mounketon 1486 Weld1

• Munckton Winterborne 1795 Boswell

• Moneketon(e) 1285 FA 1327 SR 1332 SR

• Monketon(e) 1457 Ct 1493 Ilch

• Moun(c)k(e)ton(e) 1460 Ct 1486,1530 Weld1

• Mownck(e)ton(e) 1543 ib

• Munketon(e) 1464 DCMCt 1465,1481

• Munckton 1530 Weld1 1575 Saxton

• Monkton 1811 OS

• Wynterborn Monachorum, Wynterb(o)urn(e) Monachorum 1291 Tax 1311 Cl 1405 Pat

• Moneken Wynterburne 1331 Pat

• Wynterb(o)urn Pygace, Winterb(o)urn Pygace 1280 Ass

• Winterb(o)urn Pygaz 1329 FF

Etymology

Named from R. South Winterborne, v. RNs.infra , cf. Winterborne Came par. supra . It belonged to the Cluniac priory of Le Wast (de Wasto ) near Boulogne from the early 13th cent., v. Hutch3 2530.Moneketon , etc. means 'village of the monks', and Moneken - in the 1331 form is a new ME wk. gen. pl. 'monks'' (cf. -Monachorum ), v. munuc , tūn , -ena . Another form that probably refers to this Winterborne (or some part of it) is Wynterb (o )urn Pygace , Winterb (o )urn Pygace 1280Ass , Winterb (o )urn Pygaz 1329 FF; for the affix, cf. Waye Pigace , etc. for the formerly adjacent Upwey par. supra . On the identification of the DB form, v. Eyton 121–2, VCHDo 3114, 147.