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.

Winthill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Acton Beauchamp

Historical Forms

  • Wyndehull, Wynthull 1316 Ipm 1327 SR

Etymology

If t is the correct consonant, then the first element in this name is the OE  pers. name Winta . If d is correct, then we have a parallel to Windhill (Y), meaning apparently 'wind-(swept)- hill.' Change from d to t would however be very difficult to account for.