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.

Whins

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Wyhynnys 1451 Cockers
  • Wynnys 1461 ib
  • les Quynnes 1479 Pat
  • Whinnes 1599 PR

Etymology

, Wyhynnys 1451 Cockers, Wynnys 1461 ib,les Quynnes 1479 Pat, Whinnes 1599 PR , v. hvin ' gorse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement