Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wimvndeswald 1086 DB

• Wimundeswald 1205,1206,1207 P

• Wymundeswald(e) a.1183 Potter 1209×35 RHug 1316 Pat

• Wimvndeswale 1086 DB

• la Wymundeswald 1254 Misc

• Wimvndewalle 1086 DB

• Wimundewald' 1166 P l.12 GarCart 1199 FF 1236 Fees 13 BHosp

• Wymundewald' 1198 Fees 1220 MHW 1256 MiD 1272 Cur

• Wymundwald 1247 Ass 1254 Val 1316 Pat

• Wymund(e)waud 1242 Fees 1258 RHug 1260 Ass 1267 Lib

• Wimundeswold' a.1183 Potter 1212 Cur

• Wymundeswold(e) 1261,1268 Cur 1407 CCart 15 FA 1428

• Wymondeswold(e) 1326 Cl 1326 Pat 1330 FA 1449 RTemple 1456 MiD 1488,1493 et freq

• Wymundswold 1247 Ass

• Wymondesolde 1498 MiD

• Wymondisolde 1500 ib

• Wimundewold' Hy2 BHosp l.12 GarCart e.13 BHosp 1346,1349 Pap

• Wymundewold(e) e.13 BHosp 1212 GarCart 1256 MiD 1359 Pat 1362 Pap

• Wimondewold 13 BHosp

• Wymondewold(e) 1276,1341,1342 Cl 1457 Ct

• Wimundwold 1276 RH

• Wymundwold' 1252 Fees 1276 IpmR 1389 Coram 1425 MiD

• Wymondwold(e) 1307 Pat 1316 FA 1359,1374 MiD

• Wymeswold(e) 1406 Pat 1418 Comp 1502 MiscAccts 1536,1537 RTemple

• Wymyswold 1502 MiscAccts 1538 Deed 1541 MinAccts

• Wimeswold(e) 1572,1574 LEpis 1576 LibCl

• Wymswold 1550 Pat 1555 Ct

• Wym(m)yswould 1518 Visit 1554 Ex-Rel

• Wymeswould 1523 AAS 1604 SR

• Wimyswould 1526 AAS

• Wimeswoud 1614,1619 LML

• Wymeshold 1519 EpCB

• Wymysolde 1535 VE

• Wymsold(e) 1536,1538 MiD 1549 Pat

• Wymysold 1544 MiD

• Wymesolde 1566 Ct

Etymology

'Wīgmund's portion of the Wolds district', v. wald . The name refers to a sizeable area of wold country belonging to the Anglo-Saxon Wīgmund . The interesting 1254 form la Wymundeswald (with the OFr  def.art. la , hence 'the wold country of Wīgmund') indicates that even by the middle of the 13th century, the emphasis was still on the land unit rather than on the habitation site which had developed within it. It is possible that Wīgmund was the same magnate who gave his name to the early estate of Wymondham, 15 miles to the east in Framland Hundred (v. Lei 2286), cf. Prestwold supra .