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.

Kennerland

Other OS name in the Parish of Clovelly

Historical Forms

  • Kynwarlonde 1281 Ass
  • Kenewarlond 1333 SR

Etymology

is Kynwarlonde 1281Ass , Kenewarlond 1333SR (both p) . Probably OE  Cynewarelond , as suggested by Blomé(27) , from an unrecorded OE  feminine pers. name Cynewaru .