Queenhill
Major Settlement in the Parish of Queenhill
Historical Forms
- Cunhill, Chonhelme 1086 DB
- Cuhill 1175 P
- Queinhull 1209 Fees25
- Kuhull 1210 RBE
- Kuhull als. Cuhull 1212 Fees139
- Kunhulle, Kinhulle 1221 Ass
- Qwenhulle 1275 SR, Ass
- Quenild 1299 Ipm 1327 SR
- Quenhull 1316 Ipm 1423 IpmR
- Quenehull 1329 Pat 1535 VE
- Queenhull Hy6 IpmR
- Quynhylle 1544 Marr
- Quenehull al. Quinhull 1547 Pat
Etymology
Professor Ekwall would take the first element to be OE cyne , 'royal.' Professor Zachrisson suggests that the name was OE cūna -hyll , cȳna -hyll , 'cows' hill,' with an alternative form cū -hyll , 'cow-hill.' Whatever the ultimate history of the name it is clear that at a later stage the name underwent corruption, but whether that was purely phonological, or due to some folk- etymologising process, whereby the name was associated with 'queen,' we cannot say. For a similar compound of OE cȳna , cf. Keynor (Sx) as explained by Zachrisson in Mélanges de Philologie offerts á M. Johan Vising (194).
Places in the same Parish
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