Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• æt Wintringatune 1066–68 ASWills c1200

• Wintringeton 1228 Welles

• Wintrintune 1086 DB

• Wintrintone 1086 ib

• Wintrinton' 1182 P 1196 ChancR 1199 P 1201 Cur 1201 FF 1242–43 Fees 1343 Roche

• Wintritone 1086 DB

• Wintretune 1086 DB

• Wyntreton 1338,1395 Pat 1399 Orig

• Wintringtune c1115 LS 1155–60 Dane 1156–57 YChi 14 Ch R1 1308

• Wintringtona 1186 Dugdvi

• Wintrington' 1185 Templar l12 RAii 1201,1219 Ass 1231 FF 1232 Welles 1245–46 RRG

• Wyntrington 1256 FF 1300 Ipm 1303 FA 1305 Cl 1316 Inqaqd 1316 FA 1334 Ch 1346 FA 1610 Speed

• Wyntryngton 1281 QW 1291 Tax 1318 Pat 1328 Banco 1428 FA

• Wintrinctun 1212 Fees

• Winterington' 1207 FF p1220 WellesLA

• Wynterington' 1292 RSu 1343 NI

• Wynteryngton 1299 Ipm 1344 Orig

• Wynterthon' 1253 ValNor

• Wynterton(') 1298 Ass 1313 Pat 1318 Cl 1319,1326 Pat 1327 Ch 1328 Banco 1332 Pat 1333,1350 Cl 1351 Orig 1351 Fine 1556 Pat

• Wyntirton' 1416 WintertonPD

• Winterton 1275 RH 1318,1350 Ipm 1504 Cl 1512 Foster

Etymology

The farmstead, the village, the estate of the Wint(e)ringas' from the gen.pl. Wint (e )ringa of the OE group-name Wint (e )ringas 'the family, the dependants of Winter or Wintra ' and OE  tūn. Winterton is situated to the south of Winteringham supra , itself derived from the same group- name. Presumably both are named from the same group of people.