In message <00c201c41d8f$0aa6aa00$c3f1a1cd@preferred>, Gordon Barlow <barlow@candw.ky> writes >> According to the Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names, "Winmarleigh, >> Lancashire, Wynemerislega 1212, 'woodland clearing of a man called >> Winemaer' OE pers. name + leah >> Jackie Watts. >> >Just as a matter of interest, what might be the modern version of >"Winemaer", the OE personal name? I realise it may have appeared in writing >only once in history, but still... I'm always looking to "convert" old >names into new. I have never encountered the surname Winemer, it was an origina Wigmaer, and the only sort of equivalent i can think of is Wigmore. Lives as the name of a concert Hall, bit not as a personal name (AFAIK) > but could >Widmer be a lineal descendant more ex Wittemar? -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society