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.

Winsley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Wynslaw 1468 Fount
  • Windesley, Wyndesley 1535 VE 1553 FF
  • Wynesley 1576 FF
  • Wymsley 1605 FF

Etymology

Winsley, Wynslaw 1468 Fount, Windesley , Wyndesley 1535 VE, 1553 FF, Wynesley 1576 FF, Wymsley 1605 FF. Probably 'Wine's hill or mound', from the OE  pers.n. Wine and hlāw.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site