Kettering
Major Settlement in the Parish of Kettering
Historical Forms
- to, æt Cytringan 956 BCS943 c.1200
- Kyteringas 972 BCS1280 c.1200
- Keteiringan c.965 BCS1128 c.1200
- Ketering 963 BCS1281 12th Cl 1347
- Keteringes 11th PeterbA 13th ChronPetro 1125–8 Ch 1227
- Cateringe 1086 DB
- Kateringes 1125–8 ChronPetro 13th PeterbA
- Ketterynge 1557 ADvi
- Ketreyng, Ketren 1657 NRSi
Etymology
No explanation of this name can be offered. It would seem to contain the same word or name as the first element in Ketteringham (Nf).