Wenric

Old English

Etymology

Recorded in the Domesday Book. From Old Welsh gwynn (“white”) + reisko (“fen”).

Proper noun

Wenric ?

  1. Windrush (a river in Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, England, a tributary of the Thames)
  2. Windrush (a village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire)

Descendants

  • English: Windrush

References

  • A. D. Mills (2011) A Dictionary of British Place Names, London, England: Oxford University Press
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