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.

Conery

Field in the Parish of Scraptoft

Historical Forms

  • 1825 Terrier 1850 TA
  • the Cunnery 1708 Terrier 1708 Terrier
  • the Cunery 1712 Terrier
  • Cunningree Close 1607 Ipm
  • the Cunery Close 1712 Terrier

Etymology

Conery 1825, 1850 (with the surn. Phipps, from Phip, a pet - form of Philip) (the Cunnery 1708, 1708 (18), the Cunery 1712, the Great Conerie, the Little Conerie 1742, 1745, Cunningree Close 1607, the Cunnery Close 1704, 1708 (18), the Cunery Close 1712, v. coningre)