Winstow Cottages
Other OS name in the Parish of Kingsteignton
Historical Forms
- Winesthorre 1238 Ass
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) is Winesthorre 1238Ass (p) . ' Wine 's tor . ' For the modern form , cf. Hestow, Downstow supra 474, 291 . The spellings with stow for stor are due to the reduction of both these final syllables to ster in popular speech . Cf. Plaster Down supra 249 .