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Kinvaston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wolverhampton (det)

Historical Forms

  • Kinwaldestun, Kineuoldestun 996 (lost) Dugd vi. 1443–6 No. 1, Sawyer 1380
  • Chenwardestone 1086 DB
  • Kinaldeston 1203 Ass
  • Kyn(e)waldeston, Kyn(e)waldestan 1227 CoramR 1235 Cl 1303 1236 FF
  • Kinewaldeston 1236 Cl c.1291 Tax
  • Kyn(e)waston 1262 For 1308 Banco 1352 1327 SR 1327 Pat 1333 1535 VE
  • Kynvaston 1567 Pat
  • Kinwaston 1307 Banco
  • Ken(e)waston 1271 For 1327 SR 1332 ib
  • Kynewarston 1272 Misc 1286 For
  • Kyn(e)weston 1328 Pat 1590 QSR 1596 ib
  • Kyn(n)aston 1479 Banco 1610 Speed
  • Kynvaston, Kinvaston 1307 GDR 1565 CtRequests 1775 Yates 1834 O
  • Kinerston, Kynerston 1604 FF 1695 Morden 1755 Bowen

Etymology

'The farmstead of Cynewald', v. tūn .