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.

Cainhoe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Clophill

Historical Forms

  • Chainehou, Cainou 1086 DB
  • Cahenno c.1115 Hist.Mon.deAbingdonii.101 c.1200
  • Kainho, Cainho, Caynho 1227 Ass
  • Keinho, Keynho 1235 Fees460 1287 1311 Ipm
  • Cayno, Kayno E1 KF 1272 Ipm 1275 Cl 1276 Ass 1346 FA 1380 Cl 1428 FA
  • Kayho, Cayho 1272 Ipm 1287 Ass
  • Keynoo 1512 ADvi
  • Keynho Eliz ChancP

Etymology

'Cæga's hoh' or 'spur of land.' This is the weak form of the pers. name Cǣg found in Keysoe supra 14. On Cǣg and Cǣga , v. IPN 180.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement