Quinton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Quinton
Historical Forms
- Quentone, Quenton(a), Quenthon 840 BCS453 14th P 1168 AC 1183 P 1195 FF 1200 ClR 1215 Fees 1220 AddCh Hy6
- Nether- 1292 Ch 1325 FF
- Uuer- 1248 Ass
- Over(e)- 1274 RH 1292 Ch
- Lanquenton 1303 FA
- Quenton Marmion 1327 SR
- Qvenintvne 1086 DB
- Queninton 1221 Ass
- Quynton, Quinton 1416 Pat 1440 WinchLB 1751 PR
- Queynton(a) 1428 WinchLB 1587 FF
- Quer Queynton(a) 1471 Cl
Etymology
'The queen's farmstead', v. cwēn , tūn . The Quenin - forms arise from confusion with Quenington (45supra ). Nether - and Over - refer to the two villages of Lower and Upper Quinton, and Marmion to the family of Marmion (cf. Robert Marmion 1236 Fees, v. also 1327SR ).