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Keynston Mill

Other OS name in the Parish of Tarrant Keynston

Historical Forms

  • Keynstone Mill 1811 OS
  • the Mill house with the two watermills thereunto belonginge 1624 Fort
  • Keynson Mills 1700 ib
  • two grist Mills and a Mault Mill c.1700 DCMSurv

Etymology

, Keynstone Mill 1811 OS, the Mill house with the two watermills thereunto belonginge 1624Fort , Keynson Mills 1700ib , two grist Mills and a Mault Mill c. 1700DCMSurv , cf. (the )Mil (l ) croftes 1624ib , Mill Croft 1838TA , the Mill ham (s )1624,1700Fort , Millway feild 1624ib , the Mill barne 1676ib , v. myln , croft , hamm ; there were two mills at Tarrant K . in 1086 DB(VCHDo 373) , cf. also molendinumquod est subtus curiam meam in eadem villa et molendinum super Stures cum prato et mesuagio quod Brutel tenuit n.d. (1372) ChrP , molendinum quod vocatur Prutelesmille , Prutelesmulle super ripam de Stures 1288Ass , v. R . Stour in RNs . infra ; the pers. n. Brutel , Prutel is probably from ME  brotel , brutel ' fickle, untrustworthy ' .