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.

Wintylow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Catterick

Historical Forms

  • Wintuneoves 12 YD
  • Wintun houes 1198–1208 YD
  • Wyntonhowes c.1200 Easby

Etymology

v. haugr . The first element of this name is a lost place-name Winton , which is of the same origin as Winton 212supra . On the change of -n - to -l - cf. Skiplam 65supra .