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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whinhowe

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Historical Forms

  • Whinnyhow 1807 PR(CR)
  • Wyndhow 1379 HMCx,323

Etymology

1829 Dir , Whinnyhow 1807 PR(CR), 'gorse hill', v. hvin, haugr,but if it is identical with Wyndhow 1379 HMC x, 323 , it may have meant ' wind-swept hill ' ( v. wind ) , and have been influenced by the common NCy word whin .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement