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Survey of English Place-Names

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Kinsey Heath, Kinsey Heath Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Audlem

Historical Forms

  • Kinsley Heath 1831 Bry
  • Kinsey Heath 1842 OS

Etymology

, Kinsley Heath 1831 Bry, Kinsey Heath 1842 OS , v. hǣð ' a heath ' , cf. prec. This may be the same as Kynstanley 1398 Orm2 iii488 , ' Cynestān's wood ' , from the OE  pers.n. Cynestān and lēah .