Wendy
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wendy
Historical Forms
- Wendeie 1086 ICC
- Wendeie, Wendeia, Wendey(e) 1195 P 1212 Cur 1457 FF
- Wendeye Templariorum 1256 Barnwell
- Wendeye cum Shenegeie 1341 NI
- Wendy(e) 1272,1298 Ass 1316 FA 1413,1450 Pat
- Vendeia c.1180 Hosp
- Vendeye 1347 SR
- Wendhey(e) 1218 SR 1298 FF
- Weyndeye 1285 Ass
- Wending 1552 Pat
- Wandrie 1086 DB
- Wandei 1086 DB
- Wandeye 1268 Ass 1280 Cl
- Wyndey(e) c.1237 Wardon 1272 Ass 1366 Pat 1394–5 Cl 1444 ADiii
- Windie 1588 Fenlandi
Etymology
Wendy is in a marked bend of the North Ditch near its confluence with the Cam or Rhee and the first element is probably an OE *wende from OE windan , 'to wind.' Wende might possibly have been the name of the North Ditch, aptly called 'the winding stream' or it might have been given to the bend. The second element is ēg . Hence 'low-lying land by the winding stream' or 'in the bend.' Cf. Wendon Lofts and Wendens Ambo (PN Ess 544, 542) and DEPN s. n. Wendy.