Coneysthorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Barton le Street
Historical Forms
- Coningistorp, Coungestorp 1086 DB
- Cunighestorp 1125 YD
- Cuningestorp 1167 P 1204 Ass
- Cunnigestorp 1200 Cur
- Coningesthorp, Conyngesthorp 1251 Ass 1252 Ass 1316 Vill 1327 Baildon 1436 NCyWills
- Cunigthorp 1254 Pat
- Conisthorp, Conysthorp 1285 KI 16thcent. Saxton 1577
- Conistropp 1615 NR
Etymology
'The king's village' v. þorp . The first element is ODan kunung (= ONorw konungr ). The Danish form is also found in Coneythorpe near Knaresborough (YWR), Cunningesthorp 1293 QW, Conyngesthorp 1316 Vill, and in several other Yorkshire place-names, e.g. Conisborough (YWR), Cunugesburh KCD 1298, Cuningesburg DB, Coney Street (York), Cunyngesstrete 1150–61 YCh 232, and Cold Coniston (YWR), Cuningestone DB. v. Introduction xxiv.