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Origin: English.
Variations:
Winston, Winstone, Whinstone,
Winstone is most likely a variation of Winston, and was first found in Gloucestershire
where it has been conjectured that they descended from Ansfrid de Cormeiles, a Norman knight from the Abbey of Cormeiles in Normandy.
Earliest mentions;
Burewold filius Winstani, 1066Domesday
Book
AElfwine filius UUenstani, 1087-1098
Bury
Amice Wynston, 1303 Ipm (Wales)
Meaning;
1 - Probably from the
Old English; Wynn=Joy and Stan=Stone - Joy of Stone.
Named after the place;
2 - Winstone (Durham, Suffolk, Wight), Winston
in Brixton (Devon), Winstone (Gloucestershire)
3 - In Wales, used as a translation of Welsh Trewin (House of Wyn) as in Drogo
de Wynston, lord of the manor of Trewyn, 1623 Morris.
The following surnames are linked to WINSTONE in my family tree.
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The earliest traced male WINSTONE in my tree so far is David Winstone (1819 - ?) who married Dinah Day (1821 - ?). He
was born June 7th, 1819, in Cirencester, Glos.
The following surnames are linked to the male WINSTONE's in my family tree by marriage;
Jordan,
Legg,
Day,
Penn
Meers,
Tittley,
Bickley,
Powell,
Steptoe,
Cunningham-Bailey,
Hill,
Biddulph,
Fellows,
Sadler,
Archer,
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The earliest traced female WINSTONE in my tree so far is Hannah Winstone (1850 - ?).
The following surnames are linked to the female WINSTONE's in my family tree
Shorters,
Price,
Gunter,
Blair (cl),
Rae,
Bibb,
Wilks,
Archer,
Rodger,
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