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.

Winton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alfriston

Historical Forms

  • Wigentone 1086 DB
  • Wingeton, Wyngeton 1203 FF 1279 Ass 1321 Ipm 1323 Cl
  • Winketon 1216 ClR
  • Wengeton(e) 1223 FF 1330 Ipm
  • Wygeton 1268 Pat
  • Wynton 1548 Will

Etymology

OE  Wīgingtūn or Wīgingatūn , 'farm of Wiga' or 'of Wiga's people,' v. ing , ingtun . Cf. Wingham (K), Uuigincggaham (BCS 380).

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Places in the same Parish