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.

Kitchenour

Early-attested site in the Parish of Beckley

Historical Forms

  • Cecinore 12th ADiii
  • Chekenora 1166 RBE
  • Kechenore c.1185 Pens 1342 Ipm
  • Keckenore 1320 Misc
  • Cuchenore 1211 RBE 1279 Ass 1339 Misc
  • Kichinore c.1220 Pens
  • Kychenor 1332 SR 1428 FA 1477 IpmR

Etymology

'Cycci 's bank or hill,' v. ora and for the pers. name v. Kitchingham and Kitchenham supra 456, 478 and Kitchenham infra 532.