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.

Kinsley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hemsworth

Historical Forms

  • Chineslai, Chineslei 1086 DB
  • Kinneslay, Kynneslay, Kinnesley 13 YDx l.13 Arm 1309 Nost23d 1317,1329 YDx 1334 FF 1556 WillY
  • Kynnsley 1244 DodsN
  • Kineslay, Kyneslay, Kinesle 1245 YI 1246 Ass4d l.13 Nost31d
  • Kenislay 1321 YDx
  • Kinsley, Kynsley 1535 FF 1822 Langd

Etymology

'Cyne's forest-clearing', from the OE  pers.n. Cyne (Redin 121) and lēah.