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.

Winlands

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bakewell

Historical Forms

  • terra Willi le Wyne 1316 BelCh
  • Hadelond de Wyns Ed3 ib
  • Wynlandes 1436 DuLaMB
  • Wyndlondes Hy8 Lanc
  • Wynne Lands 1576 Portland
  • Wynland 1617 Senior
  • Wynnelandes 1629 Hard
  • the Wynn Land 1634 BelCh

Etymology

Winlands (lost), terra Willi le Wyne 1316BelCh , Hadelond de Wyns Ed 3 ib, Wynlandes 1436DuLaMB , Wyndlondes Hy 8 Lanc, Wynne Lands 1576Portland , Wynland 1617Senior , Wynnelandes 1629Hard , the Wynn Land 1634BelCh , cf. Wyndhall Hy 7 Lanc, Wyns House 1576Portland , a name discussed in VCH i, 408. It must have been 'land held by the family le Wyne ', well evidenced in this parish in the Middle Ages, v. land .