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Cenheard is an obscure, male, Anglo-Saxon given name.
The sole attested Cenheard gave his name to the market town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, recorded in the 11th century Domesday Book as Chenaresburg.[1] The name is sometimes written as Cěnheard[2] or Cēnheard.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Powell-Smith, Anna (ed.). "Yorkshire, page 5". Open Domesday. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
- ↑ Mills, A. D. (2011). A Dictionary of British Place Names. Oxford UP. ISBN 9780199609086.
Probably 'stronghold of a man called Cēnheard'
- ↑ Everett-Heath, John (2020). "Knaresborough". Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names (6 ed.). Oxford UP. ISBN 9780191905636.
the name may mean 'Cēnheard's Stronghold'
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