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.

Quinton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bockleton

Historical Forms

  • Quenton 1221 Ass 1243 Ch 1251 Ipm
  • Quinton 1275 SR
  • Queynton 1665 FF

Etymology

The history of this name is probably the same as that of Quainton (PN Bk 109) and Quinton (PN Gl 126), which seem to go back to OE  Cwēningtūn , 'farm of Cwēna ,' the latter being a pet-form of one of the OE  pers. names in Cwēn -, v. ingtun .

Places in the same Parish