The winchester Surname
winchester Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from the city in Hampshire, so named
from the addition of Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled
city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’) to the Romano-British
name Venta, of disputed origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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