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.

Kenningtons

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aveley

Historical Forms

  • Helitunā, Kelitunā 1086 DB
  • Kel(l)iton' 1205 Cur
  • Kelinton(e), Kelynton(e) 1190–4 P 1204–34 FF 1206 Cur 13th,1352 StJohn 1777 C 1805 O
  • Keling(e)tun 1206 Cur
  • Keling(e)ton 13th StJohn 1389 Cl
  • Kellinton' 1208 Cur
  • Kentone 1212 RBE
  • Ken(n)yngton 1291 FF 1412 FA 1480 IpmR 1499 Ipm 1548 FF

Etymology

'The farm of Cylla or Cylli ,' v. ingtun . For a full discussion of this personal name v. Killinghurst (PN Sr 190).

Places in the same Parish