1429 in J. T. Fowler (1899) II. 466 (MED) Inter le cunyngarth et altam stratam.
(Harl. 221) 90 Connyngere, or connynge erthe, cunicularium.
1474 in (2007) A1474/5/16 That na man..tak out cunnyngis out of wtheris cunnyngarthis.
a1475 in F. J. Furnivall (1903) 48 With hem that fyrrettyth, robbe conyng herthys [c1460 Harl. 2255 conyngerys].
1493 Privy Purse Expenses Henry VII in A. Way (1843) I. 90 For making of the Conyngerthe pale.
1530 J. Palsgrave 208/1 Cony garthe, garenne.
1552 R. Huloet Conigare, or cony earth.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden i. 352 The North downs toward the Tamis for the Conny-garthe.
1781 M. J. Armstrong II. 45 There was a great pond of three acres, coney-garth and broomyard.
1886 J. K. Johnstone 31 The Coney Garth at Haxey, and Koning's Garth at Wroot.
1973 C. A. Wilson iii. 81 Rabbits had been reintroduced from France,..followed in due course by the establishment of coneygarths on the mainland.
1987 16 Apr. 127/3 On Sanday, in the Orkneys, an enterprising couple have established a 20th-century coneygarth.
2011 P. Hatcher & N. Battey xi. 208 By 1235 Henry III had rabbits in his royal coneygarth.