Winterton-on-Sea

proper noun

A village and civil parish in Great Yarmouth district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG4919).

OriginOld English winter →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in Great Yarmouth district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG4919).

Origin

  1. Old Englishwinter“winter”
  2. EnglishWinterton-on-Sea

Recorded as Wintretuna in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English winter (“winter”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); the suffix on-Sea was added to distinguish this village from Winterton in Lincolnshire.

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Winterton-on-Sea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Winterton-on-Sea

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“Winterton-on-Sea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Winterton-on-Sea. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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