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.

Windleden

Early-attested site in the Parish of Penistone

Historical Forms

  • Wyndlowedene 13 Hntii,361
  • Whynlaynden 1411 WCRi
  • Winleden 1647 YDr
  • Winilden 1695 Hnt
  • Windleden 1771 M

Etymology

Windleden, Wyndlowedene 13 Hnt ii, 361, Whynlaynden 1411WCR i, Winleden 1647 YDr, Winilden 1695 Hnt, Windleden 1771 M.'Windswept hill', v. wind , hlāw , denu 'valley'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name