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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cunswick Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Coneswic 1189–1201 Kendi,397
  • Coneswyk(e) 1356 1609 Comm
  • Conyswik 1538 Kendi,83
  • Consewyk 1530 Visit
  • Conyngeswyk(e), Coningeswyk(e) 1301 Kendi,14,357 1310 Ipm
  • Cunneswyke, Cunneswick(e) 1407 Kendi,360 1588 Dep 1650 Rent17
  • Cunnyswyk, Cunnyswyche 1539 FF 1548 RichWill
  • Connyswyke, Konnyswyke, Connyswik 1487,1525 Kendi,362–3
  • Conneswyke 1549 ib
  • Cunyswick 1582 BRK 1589 Comm
  • Cunswick(e) 1555 PR(K) 1670 Ct
  • Cunyswick Hall 1823 M
  • the Haull 1589 Comm

Etymology

'The king's farm', v. kunung (possibly replacing OE  cyning, which is not, however, evident in the forms), wīc . The hall is also called the Haull 1589Comm , v. hall .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name