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.

Winkfield

Major Settlement in the Parish of Winkfield

Historical Forms

  • Winecanfeld 942 BCS778 c.1200
  • Wenesfelle 1086 DB
  • Winicfelda, Wecenesfeld HyI ClaudiusCix c.1200
  • Winegefeld' 1167 P
  • Wineche(s)feld' 1176 ib
  • Winekefeld a.1170 ClaudiusCix c.1200
  • Wynekfeld 1316 FA
  • Wenegefeld' 1171 P
  • Wenekefeld 1220 Fees 1224–5 Ass 1294,1327 SR
  • Wenkefeld 1185 RR
  • Wenckefeud 1249 Ch
  • Wenkefeld 1284 Ass
  • Winkefeld 1224–5 Ass
  • Winkefeud, Wynkefeld', Wynkefeud' 1284 ib
  • Wynkefeld 1347 Pat 1359 Fine 1517 DInc
  • Wunekefeld' 1242–3 Fees
  • Wekenefeld' 1263 Cl
  • Wymekefeud 1275–6 RH
  • Woenekfeld 1329 AD
  • Wyngefeld 1359 Pat
  • Wyngfield 1601 Dep
  • Winkfield 1685 Windsor

Etymology

'Wineca's open land', v. feld . DEPN suggests that this pers.n., which would be a diminutive of Wine , occurs also in Winkton Ha and Winkleigh (D 373).

Places in the same Parish

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