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.

North Wingfield

Major Settlement in the Parish of North Wingfield

Historical Forms

  • Wynnef(eld) c.1002 ASWills c.1100
  • Winnefeld c.1002 Peniarth 13th
  • Wynnefeld' 1004 13th ib
  • Winnefelt 1086 DB
  • Winnefeld Hy3 Dale c.1280 DbCh 1299 Welbeck
  • Wynnefeld Ed1 LansdCh 1356 WollCh
  • Hallewynnefeld 1283 FF 1297 DbCh 1347 FF
  • Winefeld(e), Wynefeld(e) 1243 Fees 1285 Cl 1291 Ch 1312 FF 1329 Cl 1330 QW
  • Wynfeld 1384 HarlCh 1390 Pat 1438 DbCh
  • Hallewinefeld(e) 1281 Ass
  • Hallewynefeld(e) 1291 Tax
  • Hale Wynefeud, Hale Wynefeld 1281 Ass 1306 Pat
  • Hale Winefeld 1313 FF
  • Alwynefeld 1312 CartDec
  • Halwynfeld 1408 WollCh 1428 FA 1483 Derbyshire
  • Winesfeude 1226 FF
  • Winnesfeld 1306 Ass
  • North Wynfeld 1439 Derbyshire 1503 Woll
  • Northwingfield(e) 1556 Pat 1607 Cope
  • Aluinewode 13th DbCh
  • Allwood 1556 Pat

Etymology

Ekwall (DEPN) is probably correct in suggesting that North and South Wingfield (infra 335) should be taken together. They are a little over six miles apart and it seems at least likely that they were named from the same feld 'open country'. He suggests that the first element is OE  winn1 'meadow, pasture', corresponding to Gothic vinja , ON  vin , OHG  winne with a similar meaning. He would translate the name as 'grazing ground'. Alternatively 'disputed open land', v. (ge)winn2, may be suggested. No suggestion can be made for the affix Hal (l )e - etc., though it may be noted that the name Aluinewode 13th DbCh, Allwood 1556 Pat, appears in the parish.Whether this has any connection with the problem is not clear.