Kynaston, Shropshire

Kynaston
Kynaston
 Kynaston shown within Shropshire
OS grid referenceSJ354201
Unitary authorityShropshire
Ceremonial countyShropshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Dialling code 01691
Police West Mercia
Fire Shropshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
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Coordinates: 52°46′30″N 2°57′31″W / 52.775060°N 2.958529°W

Kynaston is an English hamlet in the parish of Kinnerley, Shropshire.

It was described in 1870 as "KYNASTONE, a township in Kinnerley parish, Salop; 7½ miles SE of Oswestry. Pop., 135."[1]

The name is thought to be derived from the conflation of the name Cynfyn and the Anglo Saxon term "aston", meaning east town. The place name appears in the 1086 Domesday Book in the spelling of 'Chimerstun', and it has been suggested that this translates as 'The place in the hollow'.[2]

This Kynaston pre-dates the village in Herefordshire, Kynaston, Herefordshire.

The name is intimately linked with the Kynaston family, the first to carry the surname being Gruffydd Kynaston of Cae Howel, a settlement in the locality. It is not clear whether the hamlet was named after the family or vica versa.

References

  1. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-72, John Marius Wilson
  2. ↑ "Surname Database: Kynaston Last Name Origin". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2014-01-31.

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