Conington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Conington
Historical Forms
- æt Cunningtune c.975 ASWills
- Cunington, Cunyngton 1214 Cur 1260 Ass 1291 FF 1348 Works
- Cunnyngton 1576 Saxton
- (be) Cunigtunes (gemæra) 1012 Proc.Soc.Antiq.(N.S.)iii,49 12th
- Cunigtona 1254 Val
- Cunitone 1086 DB
- Cuniton 1199–1212 Cur
- Cunitun 1218 SR
- Contone 1086 DB 1086 Ipm 1337
- Cuninton 1199,1202 FF 1214 Cur
- Kunintun 1199 FF
- Cunninton' 1213 Cur
- Coniton(e), Conyton(e) 1200 Cur 1502 Ipm
- Con(n)inton(e), Con(n)ynton(e) 1242 Fees 1316 FA
- Conigton(e), Conygton(e) 1254 Val 1336 SR
- Conyngton(e), Conington(e) 1265 Misc 1570 SR
- Conington(e) iuxta Fennedrayton 1285 Ass
- Conington(e) juxta Ellesworth 1374 FF
- Connyngton 1553 Pat
Etymology
Like Conington (PN BedsHu 182), this is probably a Scandinavianising of OE Cyning -tūn , 'King or royal farm,' under the influence of ON konungr , v. tūn .
Places in the same Parish
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