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.

Kinmond

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Etymology

, 1859OS , the name of a vast lofty tract of exposed rocks and scarps at grid 83 – 6609 , probably of similar origin to Kilmond (YN 305) , Kinmont (Cu 364) and the Scottish Kinmont ( h ) ( Watson CPNS , 400 – 6 ) , from Gaelic Ceann monaidh ' head of the moor or mountain ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement