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Survey of English Place-Names

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The Winns

Early-attested site in the Parish of Walthamstow

Historical Forms

  • Water House 1777 C
  • Crikelwode 1319 SR
  • Cappe 1394 Cl
  • Wynne 1498 Ct

Etymology

The Winns (survives in Winns Avenue) (6″) now known as Lloyd Park is John Kykylwoddys , William Kykylwoldys 1487, Capps crofte 1487, Crykylwoods 1523, Wynes Brache c. 1540, Cricklewood sometimes Hawk (e )s Cap (ps )alias Whinn (e )s alias Whinn (e )s Cap (ps ), Cricklewood sometimes Hawk (e )s Cap (ps )alias Whinn (e )s alias Whinn (e )s Hawks Cap (ps )1684, 1756 PN W'stow, Water House 1777 C. Named from the families of Robert de Crikelwode (1319SR ), William Cappe (1394 Cl), John Wynne (1498Ct ), and Edward Lloyd , whose family presented the estate to the Walthamstow Urban District Council in 1898. Water House , because moated.v. brache .