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Winwick is a small village, a lost settlement and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. The modern settlement is north of West Haddon. A 16th-century brick manor house remains on the site.[1] The population is included in the civil parish of West Haddon.

Winwick
Winwick
Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid referenceSP6273
Unitary authority
  • West Northamptonshire
Ceremonial county
  • Northamptonshire
Region
  • East Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNorthampton
Postcode districtNN6
Dialling code01788
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
  • Daventry
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52.3560°N 1.0839°W / 52.3560; -1.0839

The village's name means 'specialised farm of Wina'. A few spellings show that it could maybe be 'specialised farm in a nook'. However, the name could come from the Old English 'wicincel' meaning 'small specialised farm'.[2]

The Historic England website contains details of a total of 16 listed buildings in the parish of Winwick, all of which are Grade II with the exception of the following, which are Grade II*:


References


  1. Hugh McKnight (1987). The Shell Book of Inland Waterways. David & Charles. p. 300. ISBN 0-7153-8239-X.
  2. "Key to English Place-names".
  3. "Historic England – The List". Retrieved 19 September 2015.


Media related to Winwick, Northamptonshire at Wikimedia Commons





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