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.

Winterbeck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • Wynterbeck 1325 Wyg
  • Wynterbek' 1352 Rut 1404 Wyg
  • Wynterbeke 1427 Terrier
  • Wynturbek 1463 Wyg
  • winterbeck(e) 1605 Terrier
  • wynterbeck 1625 ib
  • Winterbeck 1736 1850 TA
  • Winterbeck drain 1771 Plan 1772 EnclA

Etymology

'The stream which flows chiefly in winter', v. winter , vinter , bekkr , drain .