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Winterhays

Early-attested site in the Parish of Yetminster

Historical Forms

  • Winterhays 1577 Hutch3 1811 OS
  • Wynterhey(e) 1327,1332 SR 1327,1332 HarlCh 1340 NI 1348 Hutch3 1430 Weld1
  • Wynterheie 1328 Sher 1333 Ipm
  • Wynterhegh 1330 Sher
  • Wynterheigh(') 1415 CampbCh 1429,1439 Hutch3
  • Winterhaies, Winterhayes 1614 ib
  • Winterhayes Farme c.1685 Batten
  • Wynterheigh 1429 Hutch3 1439 Hutch3
  • Winterhay 1577 Hutch3

Etymology

Winterhays (ST 597092), Winterhays 1577 Hutch3, 1811 OS, Wynterhey (e )1327, 1332 SR, 1327, 1332HarlCh , 1340 NI all (p), 1348 Hutch3et freq to 1430Weld 1 (p), Wynterheie 1328Sher , 1333 Ipm both (p), Wynterhegh 1330Sher (p), Wynterheigh (')1415CampbCh (p), 1429, 1439 Hutch3, Winterhaies , Winterhayes 1614 ib et freq toWinterhayes Farme c.1685Batten , and cf. the f.ns. close of pasture called Wynterries 1595 Hutch3 and Winterhay Md 1840TA .'Enclosure used in winter', v. winter 1 , (ge)hæg. The -s in the later forms is manorial, not a plural: lands here were held by Richard Winterheye in 1348, by Henry and Thomas Wynterheigh in 1429 Hutch3 and 1439 Hutch3, and by Giles Winterhay in 1577 Hutch3.