Kislingbury
Major Settlement in the Parish of Kislingbury
Historical Forms
- Cifelingeberie 1086 DB
- Ceselingeberie 1086 DB
- Cheselinberi 1166 P
- Cheselingeberi ib. (CR)
- Kiselingeberia, Kyselingeberia 1175 P 1278 RH
- Kyselingbyr', Kiselingbyr' 12th Survey 1360 Ipm
- Kiselengberi 1202 Ass
- Kislingebir 1235 Fees
- Kyslyngbury 1308 ADvi
- Chilesengebur' 1247 Ass
- Kyselingham 1305 Ipm
- Kyselyngham 1316 FA
- Keselingbury 1326 Fine
- Keselyngbury 1348 Cl
- Killingeberia 1329 Ch
- Kislenbury 1657 NRSi
Etymology
The soil here is partly clay, partly gravel, and the village may take its name from the original burh on a patch of gravel. An OE name ceosolinga-burh , 'burh of the dwellers on the ceosol or gravel,' should have given Chesling - or Chislingbury and in that case the form with initial k must be due to Scandinavian influence, cf. Introd. xxiii. Professor Ekwall would take the name to be from OE Cȳselingabyrig , 'burh of the people of *Cysel ,' this name being an unrecorded diminutive of the 8th cent. OE name Cūsa .