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.

Kimbolton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kimbolton

Historical Forms

  • Chenebaltone 1086 DB
  • Kenebolton 1185 RotDom
  • Kinebald' 1232 Cl
  • Kinebalton, Kynebalton 1232 Cl 1260 Ass 1288 Cl 1293 Ipm
  • Kenebauton 1232 Cl 1236 Pat 1303,1316 FA 1368 ADi
  • Kenebaudton 1247 Ass
  • Kenebalton 1260 Ass
  • Kynebauton, Kinebauton 1284 FA 1289 Ct 1292 NI 1293 Ipm 1302 Ch 1303 FA 1310 FF 1377 Cl 1428 FA
  • Kynebauton cum Soke 1327 SR
  • Kymbalton 1329,1361 Fine 1362,1373 Cl 1427 FF 1443 HMC 1542 BM 1585 ADv
  • Kimbolton, Kymbolton 1330 Ch 1428 FA
  • Kymmolton al. Kymbalton 1544,1553,1575 FF
  • Kymbolton al. Kynebauton 1572 FF
  • Kymolton 1588 ADv

Etymology

'Cynebeald-farm,' with immediate juxtaposition of the pers. name and the second element. v. tun and cf. Wymington supra 50.

Places in the same Parish