Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wintreuuorde 1086 DB

• Winterwurd 1196 P

• Winteuuorde 1086 DB

• Winteword(a) 1152–5 YChvii 1202–10 ib

• Wintewurda 1194 P

• Wintewrd(e) l.12 Nost56 1234 Ebor 1252 YI

• Wintew(u)rth(e), Wyntew(u)rth(e), Wynteworth(e) 1160–80,1170–1200 YChvii 1180–90 Bodl43 1185–9 BM 13 Brett 1432 YDvi,68

• Wyntworth 13 Brett 1285 KI 1304 YI 1455 Pat

• Wentworth 1498 Testiv 1504 FF 1822 Langd

Etymology

The two early spellings Wintre -, Winter - point to the first el. being the OE  pers.n. Wintra , as in Wentworth C 243, which also has only vestigial evidence of a medial -re -. 'Wintra's enclosure', v. worð .The first el. could formally be winter 'winter', but worð is usually combined with a pers.n.