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.

Kinwick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sandy

Historical Forms

  • Chenemondewiche 1086 DB
  • Kenemundby 1212 Cur
  • Kenemundewich, Kenemundewyk 1220 StNeot 1242 Fees889
  • Kenendewyk 1242 Fees889
  • Kynemundewyk, Kinemundewik 1252 FF 1287
  • Kynemundeswik 1276 Ass
  • Kylmundewyk 1332 Pat
  • Kynwyke 1535 VE
  • Kinwick Field 1804 Award

Etymology

'Cynemund-farm' rather than 'Cynemund's farm,' for there is a noteworthy absence of any forms with the genitival suffix.v. wic .