Kynaston is an English hamlet in the parish of

Kinnerley Kinnerley ( Welsh: ''Chen-ar-dinlle'') is a small village in Shropshire, England. It lies between the neighbouring villages of Dovaston and Pentre and the nearest town is Oswestry. To the north is the village of Knockin. History A mile to th ...

, Shropshire. It was described in 1870 as "KYNASTONE, a township in Kinnerley parish, Salop; 7½ miles SE of

Oswestry Oswestry ( ; ) is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483 and A495 roads. The town was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of ...

. Pop., 135."''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870-72'', John Marius Wilson 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'. This Kynaston pre-dates the village in Herefordshire also called

Kynaston Kynaston is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Sir Roger Kynaston, 15th-century English knight * David Kynaston, English historian and author * Edward Kynaston, English actor * Francis Kynaston, Engli ...

. The name is intimately linked with the

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.

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