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.

Wingfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Rotherham

Historical Forms

  • Wilfelde (sic) 1597 FF
  • Winfield 1637 WillY
  • Windfield 1822 Langd

Etymology

, Wilfelde (sic)1597 FF, Winfield 1637 WillY, Windfield 1822 Langd , either hvin ' gorse ' or wind ' wind-swept ' , feld .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name