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.

Kinnersley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Severn Stoke

Historical Forms

  • Kinardesle(ge), Kynardesle 1221 Ass 1232 Ch 1256 Ipm 1275 Ass
  • Kynerslege, Kynersly 1314 Ipm 1591 Wills
  • Kynnersley 1650 FF

Etymology

'Cyneheard's clearing,' v. leah , cf. Kinnerley (Sa) and Kinnersley (He).

Places in the same Parish