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.

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 ).

Places in the same Parish