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.

Windingbank

Other OS name in the Parish of Holme Abbey

Historical Forms

  • the Wyndy Banke 1538 AOMB
  • the Abbotts Newland al. Windybanckes 1649 ParlSurv

Etymology

is the Wyndy Banke 1538AOMB , the Abbotts Newland al. Windybanckes 1649ParlSurv . Cf. Wyndybancke Lane ib. ' Windy bank . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement