Wimbish
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wimbish
Historical Forms
- Wimbisc c.1042 ASWills c.1045 14th ib
- Wimbeis 1086 DB
- Wymbisse 1227 Bracton 1232,1243 FF
- Wimbis 1236 Fees
- Wymbis 1251 Ch
- Wymbysse 1260 FF
- Wymbys(s)h 1265 1346 FA
- Wymbych, Wymbosch 1285 Ass
- Wymbich 1291 Tax
- Wymbis(sc)h 1303,1428 FA
- Wymbys 1404 Pat
- Wymbussh 1467 ib
- Wimbush t.Eliz ChancP
- Wymsbech 1214 FineR
- Wybisse 1233 FF
- Wybissh 1325 Londin
- Wynbyssh 1387 Pat
Etymology
This name must remain an unsolved problem. Harrison (106), who was rector of the neighbouring Radwinter, calls the place Gwinbach or Winbeche and took the name to be that of one of the head-waters of the Pant , which he called Gwin or Pant .There is little likelihood that this is anything more than the philological speculation of an antiquary.