70 DERBYSHIRE PLACE-NAMES. 



Winshill.— (D.D.B. Wineshalle.)— The prefix may be from the A.S. winn, 

 win— contention, labour, war, to conquer, to obtain or acquire by labour 

 or war, a winning, a victory, or from the A.S. win, wyn— pleasant, 

 sweet, grateful, or with greater probability from the name of the A.S. 

 god Woden. The postfix is either from the A.S. hill, hyl, hyll— a hill or 

 mountain, or as the Domesday spelling seems to indicate, from the A.S. 

 alh, ealh, heal, heall— a hall, palace, temple. The name indicates 

 either a hill or a hall or a temple, remarkable as the site of some 

 victory, or the pleasant hill or hall, or a hill or temple dedicated to 

 the worship of Woden. 



Winster.— (D.D.B. Winsterne.)— The derivation of the prefix is as in 

 Winshill, q.v. The postfix is probably from the A.S. treo, treu, treow 

 —a tree, a wood. The name indicates a site by a tree, remarkable for 

 some victory, or a pleasant spot by a tree, or a site by a tree dedicated 

 to the worship of Woden. 



Wirksworth.— (D.D.B. Werchesvorde, Werchesuuorde.) — A.S. weorc, 

 were, wore, waerc — work, from wyrcan, wyrcean, wircan, wircean, weor- 

 can— to labour, to work, and A.S. weorthig, worthig, wurthig, worth — 

 a close, a portion of land, a farm, a manor, an estate ; — the work or 

 labour estate, stated by Camden to have received this name on account of 

 the neighbouring lead works. 



"Wolfs Cote-Hill. — The prefix is derived from the A.S. wulf— a wolf, 

 The medial element of the name is from the A.S. cote, cyte— a cot, 

 cottage, bed, couch, cave, den. The terminal element is the A.S. hill, 

 hyl. hyll — a hill, a mountain. The hill of the wolfs den. 



"Woodland. Eyam. — The first element of this compound place-name 

 is A.S. wudu, wude — a wood or forest, and A.S. land — ground, land, 

 earth. The adjunct is a corruption of Eyham from A.S. ay, ea, ey — 

 water, and A.S. ham — a home, dwelling, village. The village or home by 

 the water on the forest-land. 



"Woodland. Hope. — For the first component of this place-name, see 

 above. The adjunct is from the C. hwpp — the side of a hill or a 

 slope ; — the slope on the wood land. 



"Woodsetts. — A.S. wudu, wude — a wood, forest, and A.S. sseta, soete — 

 settlers, dwellers, inhabitants, colonists ;— the wood dwellers or settlers in 

 the wood. 

 W OOdtnorpe. — A.S. wudu, wude— a wood or forest, and N. thorp, 

 throp, trop, torp (A.S. thorpe, throp) — a village; — the village of the 

 wood. 



"Wormhill. — (D.D.B. Wruenele.) — A.S. wyrm, worm, wurm — a worm, 

 serpent, snake, reptile, and A.S. hill, hyl, hyll — a hill, a mountain ; — 

 the snake hill. 



