Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Cunestune 1086 DB

• Conyestona c.1190 Fount

• Cunig(g)estun, Cunig(g)eston(a) c.1130,c.1150 Yorke l.12 YChvii

• Conigeston in Cotelwoldale (sic for Cetelweldale) 1316 Vill

• Coning(e)ston, Conyngston 1198 Fount 13 Font 1298 Abbr 1303 KF 1379 PT

• Coniston(e), Conyston(e) 1303 KF 1496 FountPres 1655 PRBrn

• Conyston(e) in Kettelwell(dale), Conyston(e) in Kettelwelldall 1285 KI 1590 WillY

• Conyston in Craven 1511 FF

• Cuneston 1349 Ch

• Cunnistown 1577 Whit

• Connyston(e), Conniston(e) 1535 VE 1548 YChant 1695 PRArn

• Conishton(n) 1591 PRCon 1636 PRMl

Etymology

'The king's farmstead', v. konungr (possibly replacing OE cyning), tūn . It was still included in DB in the lands held by the king's thanes. Cf. Coniston Cold 45supra , from which it is distinguished as in Kettelwelldale (108 infra ).