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.

Wendlebury

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wendlebury

Historical Forms

  • Wandesberie 1086 DB
  • Wendelberi 1163–87 AD 1428 FA
  • Wendulbury 1408 FA
  • Wendilbury 1434 AD
  • Wenlebur' c.1200 AD
  • Wnleberi 1220 Fees
  • Wendelingburh' c.1220 S c.1280
  • Wendelebur' 1220 Cur
  • Wendelebury 1293,1341 Cl
  • Wendlebur' 1231–2 RH
  • Wendebur' 1235–6 Fees
  • Wendebire 1285 Ass
  • Wennylbury, Wennelbury 1458 Cl

Etymology

'*Wændla 's burh.' The modern name and most of the early forms indicate a weak form of the strong name *Wændel , discussed PN BedsHu 114.

Places in the same Parish