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Kings Barton Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Winfrith Newburgh

Etymology

, cf. Kyngesmede 1244Ass , Kyngmede 1391Weld 1et freq to 1469MinAcct , Knygmede (sic)1471Weld 1 , Kings ' Mdw , King 's Barn , King 's Yd 1843TA , v. beretūn , mǣd , bere-ærn ; King ( s ) could be the surname King ( cf. ten ' nuper Walteri Kyng 1464Weld 1 , somewhere in this hundred ) , but it should be noted that in 1086 DB Winfrith Newburgh was a royal manor ( VCHDo 365–6 ) , v. cyning .