Kilnsea
Major Settlement in the Parish of Kilnsea
Historical Forms
- Chilnesse 1086 DB
- Chinlesei 1115 YCh 1160–2 ib
- Kilnese, Kylnese t.Hy3 BM 1228 RegAlb 1359 SR
- Kilnesse 1246 Ass 1260 Rental 1276 Abbr 1293 QW
- Kilnesey 1273 Meaux 1519 FF
- Kylnsey 1556 ib
- Kilnse, Kylnse 1301 Pat 1333 SR 1364 Pat
- Kelnsey a.1678 Map
- Kelsay 1725 Sheppard
Etymology
'Pool near the kiln,' v. cyln . OE sǣ 'sea, lake,' occurs frequently in ERY place-names, and at Kilnsea, as elsewhere, the pool has disappeared, either through drainage or coastal erosion.