Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Chintone 1086 DB

• Kinton(') 1203 Cur 1206 ClR 1210 P 1244 Ass 1252 Ch

• Magna Kynt(t)on 1280 Ass

• Kynt(t)on 1244 Ass 1250,1251 FF

• Mochelekenton' 1280 Ass

• Michelekenton' 1280 ib

• Kyneton 1575 Saxton

• Keinton Magna 1795 Boswell

• (Magna) Kington(') 1242–3 Fees 1256,1266 FF

• Grant Kington(') 1268 Ass 1272 Ipm 1280 Ass

• Great Kington(') 1290 Ch 1316 FA

• Kyngton(e) 1244 Ass

• Magna Kyngton(e) 1253,1265,1268 FF

• Grant Kyngton(e) 1268 FF

• Kyngeton(') 1288 Ass 1428 FA

• Kyngthon 1340 NI

• Kyngton-Magna 1367 AD

• Machil Kyngton, Machelkyngton 1412 FA

• Kyngton' Plukenet, Kyngton' Plugenet 1280 Ass

• Kington Ploket, Kingtonploket 1408,1429 IpmR

• Kyngton Ploket 1409 Cl

• Kyngeston' 1327 SR

• Kyneston' Magn' 1528 Rent

Etymology

'Royal manor', v. cyne- (later replaced by cyning 'king'), tūn , a common p.n.; the smaller of the two DB manors was held TRE and TRW by a king's thegn (VCHDo 3110). The manor was granted to Alan Plugenet in 1266 FF, cf. Alan Plukenet 1280, Alan de Plokenet 1288Ass , Sibyl Plukenet 1325 Cl, v. Hutch3 469. The suffix Magna (Lat  magna 'great'), alternating with grant , grand (OFr) and micel , mycel (OE), distinguishes it from Little Kington in W Stour par. infra .