Jenningsbury
Early-attested site in the Parish of Little Amwell
Historical Forms
- Juvenales 1303 FA
- Juvenelesbury, Juvenaldesbury 1324 Ipm
- Juvenalesbury 1327 Cl
- Juvenelsbury 1345 Pat
- Jovenaldesbury 1341 Cl
- Gevenelisbury 1342 Ass
- Jenaldesbury 1392 IpmR
- Genaldesbury 1442 Cl
- Genaldesbury al. Jenevallesbury 1531 Recov
- Jeningesbury 1620 Sess
Etymology
This is a manorial bury , v. burh and infra 243. The family of Juvenal occurs in the neighbourhood first in 1228 (Cl) when William Juvenal held land in Brickendon and Hoddesdon.