Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Cerdingham 1086 DB

• Cherdingham 1278 Ipm

• Kerthyngham, Kerthingham 1275 1288 Court 1307 Eyre 1308 AddCh 1673 Sheaf

• Kerthinham 1312 Dav

• Kerthincham, Kerthyncham 1345 1350 VR 1561 ChRR

• Certingham 1307 Eyre

• Karthyncham 1522 Plea

• Karthincham 1580 ChRR

• Kermincham, Kermyncham 1286 Court 1341 Eyre

• Kermincham or Carincham 1819 Orm2

• Kermyngham 1312 Dav

• Kermingham 1564 ChRR 1745 Sheaf

• Kermyngeham 1464 Dav

• Kermyngcham 1514 ChEx

• Karm'cham 1393 MidCh 17

• Carmyncham 1553 Pat

• Carmycham 15 Rich

• Carmyngam 1580 AddCh

• Carmingham 1784 Sheaf

• Kyrmingham 1451 ib

• Kirmincham 1459 ib

• Kernincham 1286 Eyre

• Kernyncham 1375 VR

• Kernyngham 1310 Plea

• Kernycham 1307 Eyre

• Kernicham 1422 Plea

• Kerincham, Keryncham 1353 1547 Orm2

• Keryncham alias Kermyncham 1434 Plea

• Keryngham 1394 Cl 1510 ChRR

• Keryngeham 1401 Dav

• Kiryncham 1465 Outl

• Kiringham 1652 BM

• Keyryncham 1515 ChEx

• Kerryncham 1534 Orm2

• Caryngham 1517 ChEx

• Caringham 1559 Orm2 1675 Sheaf

• Caringeham, Caryngeham 1579 ChRR, AddCh

• Caryncham 1517 ChEx

• Carincham 1559 Pat

• Karingham 1520 Sotheby

• Kar(r)yncham 1522 Plea 1538 AddCh

• Karingham 1724 NotCestr

• Carryngham 1574 Dow

• Carringham 1621 Orm2

• Charyngcham 1553 Pat

• Charincham 1597 Dav

• Callingeham 1650 ParlSurv

• Calingcham 1682 Plea

• Kimmincham 1839 TA

Etymology

Either 'the home of Cēnfrið's people', from -ingahām and the OE  pers.n. Cēnfrið , as suggested in DEPN, or 'the village Cēnfriðing ', from hām with an -ing 2 formation upon the pers.n., v. Altrincham 7supra . Dr von Feilitzen suggests that the various forms of this p.n. have evolved from two developments of OE  *Cēnfriðing (a )-hām , (a) late OE  *Kenverðingham (metathesis of -frið to -ferð , voicing of f ), (b) late OE  *Kemverðingham (-n - > -m - before f , v ). From (a) would come *Keverðing - (loss of -n - before f , v ) > *Kev  ðingham (-er - > - -) > Kerðing - (reduction of – v  ð - to -rð -) whence Kerthingham , Kerdingham and Kerringham (-rd - > -rr -). From (b) would come *Kem  ðing - (with reduction of -er - to - - and loss of interconsonantal -f -, -v -) > *Kem  ing - (with reduction of -m  ð - to -m  -) > Kerming - (with metathesis) > Kerning - (with assimilation of nasals).