Etymology

Winterborne Stickland

Today it means: A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8304). Full definition →

Old English sticol
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  1. Old English · derived fromsticol“steep”
  2. English todayWinterborne Stickland

Winterborne is a variant of Winterbourne, Stickland comes from Old English sticol (“steep”); a number of villages and parishes in Dorset have Winterborne in their name.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.