English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Kimberley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kimberley

Historical Forms

  • Chinemarleie 1086 DB
  • Kinemarle c.1200 Wollaton
  • Kynmarley(e) 1305 Ass 1316 FA 1326 FF 1327 Banco 1333 SR 1347 Pat c.1350 Beauvale
  • Kynmareleye 1335 Ass
  • Kinmardeley
  • Kynmerleg' 1275 RH
  • Kynmerleye 1299 FF 1350 Beauvale 1404 Pat
  • Kenemerley 1280 Ass
  • Kymmerleye 1383 ADvi
  • Kymerley 1428 FA
  • Kemberley 1405 ADvi
  • Kymberley 1580,1640 FF
  • Kymmerley al. Kymberley 1589 BM

Etymology

'Cynemǣr 's clearing or wood,' v. leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site