Kimbolton
village · County of Herefordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Kimbolton is an Old English name meaning 'Cynbald's settlement'. The first element is a personal name, and the second is the Old English word 'tun', meaning settlement or farmstead.
Word origins
- Cynbald's
- Old Englishbelonging to Cynbald(from Cynbald "personal name")
- ton
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement, farmstead(from tūn "enclosed farmstead, village")