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.

Windsbatch

Other OS name in the Parish of Upwey

Etymology

, 1840TA , the end of a prominent ridge , perhaps from batch ' hillock ' with wind 1 ' wind ' or (ge)wind2 ' a winding path ' ( a path climbs the hill from the village ) .