An early person named Cynemaer gave his name to a 'lea' (a wood, grove, clearing, hill, lea or meadow) which them named a town in Nottinghamshire Kimberley.
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Another Cynemaer named his town in Norfolk Chineburlai, which is Kimberley today.
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From the naming of these towns, the town name began its use as a byname, which is an early type of surname.