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.

Wind Low

Other OS name in the Parish of Wormhill

Historical Forms

  • Windhull' Hy3 LichChart
  • Windle 1702 ShefJC
  • Windhill Close 1772 ShefRC
  • Windhill Nook 1821 EnclA

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Windhull 'Hy 3LichChart ,Windle 1702ShefJC , Windhill Close 1772ShefRC , Windhill Nook 1821EnclA , ' windy hill ' , v. wind 1 , hyll , with a late change of hyll to hlāw .