Kinton. A township in the parish of Great Ness, and in the Baschurch division of the hundred of Pimhill. 9 miles north-west of Shrewsbury.
Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824