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.

Wimpole

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wimpole

Historical Forms

  • Winepola 1086 ICC
  • Winepol(e) 1086 DB 1242 Fees
  • Winepoll' 1201–7 Cur
  • Winnepol c.1300 StJohn'sH
  • Quenpola sive Wimpoll a.1086 YCh c.1280
  • Wenepol 1279 RH
  • Wempole 1448 Pat
  • Wimpol 1195 Abbr
  • Wympel 1297 Pat
  • Wympol(e) 1346 FA 1553 Pat
  • Wympool 1406–8 FF 1412 FA
  • Wympoll(e) 1428 FA t.Hy8 Rental
  • Wympyll or Wympooll 1494 Ipm
  • Wympill 1539–40 MinAcct
  • Wympull t.Hy8 Rental
  • Wymple 1553 EAvii
  • Wylpole 1549 Pat
  • Whympoole 1553 ib
  • Wimple 1576 Saxton
  • Wynepol(e) 1230 FF 1428 Pat
  • Wynepoll 1258 FF 1291 Tax
  • Wynepool 1396 Cl
  • Wynipole 1346 FA
  • Wynpol(e) 1298 Ass 1428 FA
  • Wynpool 1404 ADi
  • Wynnepol 1270 Ipm
  • Winpol 1320 Pat

Etymology

'Wina 's pool,' v. pōl . For Quen -, v. Introd. xxxvi.