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Survey of English Place-Names

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Old Cunnery Upper Cunnery Mdw

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • 1826 Surv 1876 Sale 1968 Surv 1826 Surv
  • the Conygare 1467×84 LTD
  • the old cuningrye 1601 Terrier
  • the old cuningrie 1612 Terrier
  • the ould Cuningrey 1625 Terrier
  • the Old Conyngrey 1679 Terrier
  • the Old Coningrey or Conery 1712 Terrier
  • the Old Conery 1745 Terrier
  • the old Cuningrey wonge 1648 Terrier
  • the Cuningrye hedge 1612 Terrier
  • the Cuningrey side 1625 Terrier
  • Cuningrey Close 1648 Terrier

Etymology

Old Cunnery 1826 (the Conygare 1467 × 84, the old cuningrye 1601, the old cuningrie 1612, the ould Cuningrey 1625, the Old Coningrey 1675, 1700, 1703, 1709, 1709 (18), the Old Conyngrey 1679, the Old Coningrey or Conery 1712, the Old Conery 1745, the old Cuningrey wonge 1648 (v. vangr), the Cuningrye hedge 1612 (v. hecg), the Cuningrey side 1625 (v. sīde)), 1876, 1968 (Cuningrey Close 1648, the Coningrey Close 1675, 1700, 1709, 1709 (18), the Coningrey or Conery Close 1712, 1745) Upper Cunnery Mdw 1826 (v. coningre)