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.

Winthorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Winthorpe

Historical Forms

  • Wimuntorp 1086 DB
  • Wimethorp 12th BM
  • Winetorp c.1155 BM 1228 Ebor
  • Wynethorp 1287 Ass
  • Wintorp 1175–81 BM
  • Wynthorp' 1280 Ass 1298 Pat 1330 Ass 1333 SR 1342 NI
  • Wintthorp 1316 FA
  • Winthropp 1615 Wills
  • Wimeltorp' iuxta Neowerch' 1215 RegAntiq
  • Wymbilthorp 1286 Ebor
  • Wipthorp c.1230 RegAntiq
  • Wymbelthorp by Newark 1325 Brown
  • Wymetorp 1227 Fees
  • Wymethorp(e) 1280 Ass 1283 Ebor
  • Wymnethorp 1227 Fees
  • Wympthorp(e) 1280,1340 Ass
  • Wymthorp 1280,1298,1335 1291 Tax 1293,1302 Ebor
  • Wemthorp 1343 Ass

Etymology

'Wigmund 's or Vigmund 's village,' v. þorp . The first element is the OE  personal name Wīgmund or its Scandinavian equivalent Vígmundr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site