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.

Kineton Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Solihull

Historical Forms

  • Cinctun(es broc) 972 BCS1282 c.1050
  • Cintone 1086 DB
  • Kinton 1199 FF 1221 Ass 1272 FF
  • Kintun 1227–33 Ch
  • Kincton ib.
  • Kynton juxta Yerdeleye 1304 Ass
  • Kynton juxta Solyhull 1315 ib
  • Kington 1235 Fees 1327 SR 1350 BM
  • Kyngton 1293 Ass

Etymology

Kineton Green is the Cinctun of Cinctun (es broc ) (972 (c. 1050) BCS 1282) and is later Cintone 1086 DB, Kinton 1199 FF, 1221Ass , 1272 FF, Kintun 1227–33 Ch, Kincton ib., Kynton juxta Yerdeleye 1304Ass , Kynton juxta Solyhull 1315 ib., Kington 1235 Fees, 1327 SR, 1350 BM, Kyngton 1293Ass . This place lies on the Worcestershire border. The meaning is probably 'king-farm' or 'royal manor' from OE  cyning-tun , as pointed out in PN Wo 233.