Kensworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Kensworth
Historical Forms
- Canesworde 1086 DB
- Kenesword 1131–3 Dunst 13th Dunst 1286
- Keneswurda 1168 P
- Keneswurth Ri Ch 1227 Ass 1247 Dunst 1286
- Keneswrthe 1227 Ass
- Kemeswurth 1247 Ass
- Kenesworth 1286 Dunst 1299,1302 ADiii 1402 ADi
- Kensworth 1375,1416 ADvi
- Kennesworth 1431 ADi 1434 ADiii 1435 ADii
Etymology
'Cen's enclosure' v. worð . The pers. name Cēn or Cǣn is on record in OE and is a pet-form of one of the numerous names in Cǣn -.