Winsor is first recorded as Windesore in 1167, and Windlesore in 1222. The name apparently derives from "windels-ora" meaning "
winch on a bank", About the same time a second estate at Winsor was held by the
Abbot of Netley, which probably formed a part of the abbot's estate at
Totton. Some time after the
Dissolution these lands passed to the Paulets, becoming part of the
Paultons estate. A third manor at Winsor is mentioned in the 14th century when it formed part of the main manor of
Eling. It was in the hands of the
Bishop of Winchester in 1385, when it was granted with the manor of Eling to
Winchester College. ==Notes==