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.

Wynnebusshe

Field in the Parish of Finchampstead

Historical Forms

  • Wynnebusshe 1455 Bodl
  • Wynbusshe 1533 Bodl
  • Winbushes 1623 Bodl
  • Windbushes 1654 Bodl 1676 Bodl 1698 Bodl

Etymology

Wynnebusshe 1455, Wynbusshe 1533, Winbushes 1623all F, Windbushes 1654, 1676, 1698(apparently a compound of winn'pasture', and busc'bush').