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.

Kinniside

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ennerdale and Kinniside

Historical Forms

  • Kynisheved 1321 Ipm
  • Kynesheved 1334 1338 Cl
  • Kenesheued, Kynesheued 1323 MinAcct
  • Kynysheved 1363 Ipm
  • Kyneshed 1363 Ipm
  • Kenysyde 1502 Cocker
  • Kynysyde 1541 FF
  • Kinhowe karr 1578 Cocker
  • moram de Kynesyde 1570 ExchKR

Etymology

The first part of this name may be an old hill-name such as underlies Kinmont supra 364. If so, 'head of the hill,' v. hēafod .