Tarrant Keynston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tarrant Keynston
Historical Forms
- Tarente 1086 DB(f.77b)
- Tarente Willelmi de Cahaignes 1199 P 1201 FF 1292 Cl
- Tarrent 1242 Ch
- Tarent(e) Kaaign(es) 1225 Sarum m13 Salis
- Tarent(e) Kahaines 1225 Osm
- Tarent(e) Kay(g)nes, Tarent(e) Kaynegnes 1242 Ch 1432 Cl
- Tarrent(e) Kahaynes 1237 Pat, Ch
- Tarrent(e) Kaynes 1316 FA 1344 Ipm
- Tharent(e) Kaynes, Tharent(e) Kaenes 1242–3 FF
- Terente Kaynes 1252 ib
- Tarente de Kaynes 1285 FA
- Kenysteton' 1268 Ass
- Kayneston(e) 1278 Pat 1280 Ass 1431 FA
- Cayneston(e) 1332 SR
- Keyneston(e) 1386 Fine
- Keynston(e) 1547 Ct
- Kaynston 1548 ib
- Caynston 1575 Saxton
- Keinson als. Keinston 1624 Fort
- Keynson 1700 ib
- man' de Keynes 1280 Ass 1364 Pat
- Tarent(e) Kyneton (sic) 1288 Ass
- Tarent(e) Keyneston 1303 FA 1469 Cl
- Tarrant' Kaynston' 1512 Pars
- Tarrannte Keynston' 1597 PlR
- Tarrant Kaynston, Tarrant Kainston 1617 Maslen
- Keynson 1700 Fort
- Ke(i)nston Tarrant, Ke(i)nston Terrant 1624–1626 ib
- de Cahaignes in 1199 (P)
Etymology
Named from R. Tarrant, v. Tarrant H. par. supra , RNs. infra ; for the identification of the DB form, v. Eyton 131–2, VCHDo 360, 73. The manor was held by William de Cahaignes in 1199 (P), and was in the possession of this family until the end of the 14th cent. (1201 FF, 1212 Fees, 1237 Pat, etc), cf. Coombe Keynes par. 1 114, v. tūn 'estate'.