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.

Winwick

Major Settlement in the Parish of Winwick

Historical Forms

  • Wineuuiche 1086 DB
  • Winewic, Wynewik 1195 BM 1227 1428 FA
  • Wynwyk 1348 Ipm 1428 FA
  • Wynnewyke 1393,1447 IpmR
  • Wynnewyg 1399 IpmR
  • Windwike 1535 VE
  • Winnick 1641 HMC

Etymology

'Wina's dairy-farm' v. wic .

Places in the same Parish

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