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Thread #93691   Message #1805913
Posted By: Selchie - (RH)
10-Aug-06 - 12:54 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Old World Pronounciation: 'Keinton' ??
Subject: RE: Origins: Old World Pronounciation: 'Keinton' ??
The Battle of Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the Civil War, the nearby village is KINETON, Warwickshire ~ (as in MINE).

See Edgehill Fight ~ http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_edgehill.htm

or

Wikipedia ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Edgehill

Rosie