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.

Winnow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thursby

Historical Forms

  • E Winnow, Eunow, Qwinnow 1278 Ass
  • Quynhou, Quinhou 1279 1285 For 1316 Ipm
  • Whinnow 1285 For
  • Whynnehou 1292 Ass
  • Wynhow ib. (p)
  • Qwynhowe 1329 Misc
  • Whinhow 1332 SR
  • Whinnaye 1568 Orton
  • Wynnowe hall 1578 Cocker
  • Whynney, Whynna 1589 LRMB

Etymology

'Whin-covered hill,' v. haugr . This carries back the word whin some 120 years behind the earliest date given in NED.