Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Cyngtun 972 BCS1282 c.1050

• Chintune 1086 DB

• Kinton(a), Kynton c.1086 EveA 1190 FF 1246 SR 1327

• Kyngton 1235 Fees527 1275 SR 1315 Ipm 1327 Pat

• Chincton 1266 Pat

• Kyneton, Kineton 1290 Wigorn 1577 Saxton 1730 Marr

Etymology

This may be from OE  cyne-tun , 'royal farm' or 'manor,' with later alteration under the influence of the common word 'king,' cf. OE  cynedom now represented by kingdom , or the name may actually have been cyningtun in OE, though a compound of this type does not seem very probable. For similar hesitation elsewhere cf. Kineton (Wa), Cyngtun in BCS 1234. Note also Kinton (Sa), earlier Kinton and Kyngton (PN Sa 134) and Kinton (He), DBChingtune .