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.

Windsor Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Belvoir

Historical Forms

  • Winsore hill 1601 Terrier
  • Wynser hill 1605 ib
  • Winser hill 1612 ib

Etymology

, Winsore hill 1601Terrier ,Wynser hill 1605ib , Winser hill 1612ib . At this date , the transferred name of royal Windsor seems unlikely ( but cf. Westminster in Belvoirsupra ) ; the generic may be OE  ōra ' a bank, an edge ' , but earlier forms are needed to identify the specific .