Etymology

Winton

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7810). Full definition →

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The story

From either the Old English personal name Wine, which is a byname from wine (“friend”), or winn (“pasture”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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