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KIMBERLEY Family History
This interesting name of English origin is locational from any of the various places so called, from different Olde English pre 7th Century personal names, plus "leah", a wood or clearing. In Warwickshire, it is first recorded in 1311 as "Kynebaldeleye", wood or "Cynebald", which is composed of the elements "Cyne", Royal and "beald", brave. The place in Nottinghamshire is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Chinemarelie", wood or "Cynemoer", with the elements "Cyne", royal and "Moer", Fame.