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.

Winterbourne Dauntsey, Winterbourne Earls and Winterbourne Gunner

Major Settlement in the Parish of Winterbourne Dauntsey, Earls and Gunner

Historical Forms

  • Wintreburne 1086 DB
  • Winterburn' 1198 Fees 1227 FF
  • Winterburn(e) Comitis Sar' 1198 P
  • Winterburn(e) le Cunte 1250 WIpm
  • Wynterborn' Comitis 1298 Sarum
  • Heorleswynterbourne 1324 FA
  • Winterbourne Errells 1553 Phillipps
  • Winterburn Gonor 1267 Pat
  • Winterburn' Gonnore 1275 RH
  • Winterborne Gonner 1585 WMxxi
  • Wynterburne Dauntesie 1268 Ass
  • Winterburn' Daunteseye 1275 RH 1316 FA
  • Winterborne Dansey 1641 NQvii
  • Wynterburne Chyreburgh 1277 FF
  • Wynterborne Cherborgh 1332 SR
  • Winterburne Cherberwe 1332 Cl
  • Danteseye (1242 Fees)
  • Cherenburgh (1227 FF)
  • Cherburgh (1242 Fees)

Etymology

Winterbourne was the old name for the river Bourne (supra 2). Dauntsey from the family of Roger Danteseye (1242 Fees).Earls from the Earls of Salisbury. Gunner from Gunnora de la Mare, the lady who held the manor in 1249 (Ipm). Winterbourne Cherburgh was an early alternative name for Winterbourne Gunner, from the family of John de Cherenburgh (1227 FF), de Cherburgh (1242 Fees).

Places in the same Parish

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