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.

Windersome

Early-attested site in the Parish of Nafferton

Historical Forms

  • Wyndosom 13th,1302 Percy 1296 YI
  • Wyndesom 1352 Ipm

Etymology

Windersome (6″) is Wyndosom 13th, 1302 Percyet freq , 1296 YI (p), Wyndesom 1352 Ipm. 'At the windy, exposed houses,' from OE  wind and hus (in the dat. plur.). For the development cf. Loftsome infra 243.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement