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Survey of English Place-Names

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Winkford Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Witley

Historical Forms

  • Wynkeworth 1381 SR 1524 SR 1548 LRMB

Etymology

is Wynkeworth 1381SR (p), 1524SR , 1548LRMB . ' Wineca 's farm , ' v. worþ . This place and Winkworth supra 202 are not many miles apart , and it is likely that one of them is of manorial origin , cf. Winkworth's Fm supra 72 . For interchange of ford and worth cf. PN D vol . 1 , xxxv .