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Survey of English Place-Names

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Kimcote

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kimcote and Walton

Historical Forms

  • Chenemvndescote 1086 DB
  • Kinemundescot' 1167 ChancR 1199 FF
  • Kynemundescote 1220 RHug
  • Kynemundeskote 1243 Cur
  • Kynemoundescote 1382 Wyg
  • Kinemundecot(e) 1195 P 1196 ChancR 1335 Wyg 1340 Banco
  • Kynemundecot(e) 1160×1200 Rey e.13 Wyg 1232 RHug 1315 Wyg 1317 Rey 1376,1379 Wyg 1431 et passim
  • Kynemondecote l.13 Wyg 1344 Rey 1368 AD
  • Kynemundecotes l.13,1318,1325,1326 Wyg
  • Kilemundecot(e) 1220 MHW 1243 Cur 1277 Coram
  • Kylemundecote 1239,1243 Cur c.1295 Ipm
  • Kilmundecote l.13 Wyg 1322 Deed 1432 Wyg
  • Kylmundecote 1297 Banco 1303 Ass 1465,1469 Wyg
  • Kylmondecote 1473 1480 Cl 1493 Rey
  • Kylmondcote 1327 SR 1392 Cl 1473 Wyg
  • Kylmundkote 1375 ib
  • Kylmoundcote 1384 ib
  • Kilmondcote 1492 ib
  • Kinmundecote 1325 Wyg
  • Kynemoundecote 1344 Rey 1359 Wyg
  • Kynemoundekote 1367 Rey
  • Kynemoundkote 1380 Wyg
  • Kynemoundcote 1383 ib
  • Kynemuncote 1384 Goodacre
  • Kylmyncote 1424,1427 Wyg 1469,1481 et passim
  • Kylmecote 1453,1454 Pat
  • Kilmecoat(e) 1610,1614 LML
  • Kilmecote 1612,1626 ib
  • Kymcote 1507 Ipm 1518 Visit 1521 Wyg 1538 Fine
  • Kimcot(e) 1610 Speed 1720 LML

Etymology

'The cottage(s) belonging to a man called Cynemund', v. cot (cotu nom.pl.). The masc. pers.n. Cynemund is Old English.