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Survey of English Place-Names

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Windmore End

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Winder-end 1700 ib
  • Wenber End, Winber End 1719,1724 ib
  • Windber End 1769,1774 ib
  • Whinmoor End 1823 M

Etymology

, 1775 PR(B) , Winder-end 1700ib, Wenber End , Winber End 1719, 1724 ib, Windber End 1769, 1774 ib,Whinmoor End 1823 M , originally ' wind-swept hill ' , v. wind , beorg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name