Winkton
village · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Winkton likely means 'Wynn's farmstead' or 'the farmstead by the bend', from a personal name or Old English 'wincel' (winding, corner) and 'tūn' (farmstead, village).
Word origins
- Wink
- Old EnglishAttestedWynn's or bend(from Wynn "personal name", wincel "bend, corner")
- ton
- Old EnglishAttestedfarmstead, village(from tūn "farmstead, village")
Historical forms
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