Wintry Park Fm, Wintry Wood
Early-attested site in the Parish of Epping Upland
Historical Forms
- Wynterbrook 1420 Ct
Etymology
Wintry Park Fm, Wintry Wood. Cf. Winterheie 1200 P, foresta de Wintre 1276For , Wyntreye 1280 Pat, Vet ' Wynt 'heg , Newewynt 'he (e )1291For , Wynt 'eye t. Ed 1Waltham , Wynter-hey 1291For , Wynter-eye t. Ed 1Waltham , Wynter-ee 1323For , Wyntreypark , Wyntreywode 1403Ct , Wintrey Parke or Wintrey Common or Wintrey Wood 1671 LP.'Winter-enclosure,' v. (ge)hæg. There was also a Wynterbrook (1420Ct ) in Epping. This is probably a variant of the more common Winterburna used to gloss torrens in the Lindisfarne gospels and very common in south-west England p.n.'s.