Kingston-on-Thames
Major Settlement in the Parish of Kingston-on-Thames
Historical Forms
- Cyninges tun 838 BCS421
- Cingestun 838 BCS423 c.1150
- Cingestune, Cyngestune 924 ASC c.1050
- Cyningestune 979 ASC 12th
- Cingestune 979 ASC c.1050
- Chingestune 1086 DB
- Kingeston, Kyngeston 1164 P 1506 FF
- Kinkeston 1200 Cur
- Gingeston 1229 FF
- Kyngeston super, juxta, Tamisiam 1321 FF
- Kingestowne upon Thames 1589 ADv
- Kynsen super Thames 1514 FF
Etymology
'King's farm or estate,' v. tun . The place was a residence of the Saxon kings.