Winterborne Herringston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Winterborne Herringston
Historical Forms
- ?Wintreburne 1086 DB(f.79)
- Wynterbourne 1336 Pat
- Winterborn(e) Harang, Wynterborn(e) Harang, Wynterburn(e) Harang 1242–3 Fees 1268 FF 1270 Cl 1285
- Wynterburn(e) Haring 1288 Ass
- Wynterbo(u)rn(e) Heryng(e) 1327 SR 1435 Weld1
- Wynterburn Beuchamp 1243 FF
- Wynterborn(e) Heringeston, Wynterburne Heringeston 1288 Ass
- Wynterborn(e) Heryng(e)ston 1288 1431 FA 1529 HarlCh
- Winterborn-Herringston or Winterborn-Herring 1774 Hutch1
- Heryng(e)ston 1464 DCMCt 1465 Weld1 1481 Ct 1486 Weld1
- Her(r)ing(e)ston 1575 Saxton 1615 DuCo 1863 Hutch3
- Heryng in 1327 SR, 1332 SR, 1336 Pat
Etymology
Named from R. South Winterborne, v. RNs.infra . For the possible identification of this place with one of the DB manors called Wintreburne , v. Eyton 121–2, DBGeography 74 ff, cf. VCHDo 3147, Winterborne Came par. supra . The affix Harang , etc. is from the family of this name; Philip Hareng , Harang was here in 1243, 1268 FF, Walter Heryng in 1327SR , 1332 SR, 1336 Pat, cf. Chaldon Herring par. supra ; tūn 'village' is added from 1288. The affix Beuchamp is also manorial, from the chief lords of the manor during the 13th cent., cf. Robert de Bello Campo 1242–3 Fees, v. Hutch3 2521.