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.

Windbow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Washfield

Historical Forms

  • Wonbogh 1242 Fees764
  • Wenbogh 1244 FF 1333 SR
  • Wonebowe 1464 FF
  • Northwonebowe t.Ed4 Ct
  • Southwyndbowe 1489 Ct

Etymology

Probably 'at the crooked curve,' v. woh and s. n. Bowden supra 37. The e in some of the early spellings is probably a clerical error for o as is often the case in 13th cent, records. The land is much broken here.