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.

Windyharbour

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Cold Horbor 1831 ib

Etymology

, Cold Horbor 1831 ib , ' cold, windyshelter ' , v. windig , cald , here-beorg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name