English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Kingsland

Other OS name in the Parish of Whittlesey

Historical Forms

  • the Kinges Landes 1650 AdvProc

Etymology

is the Kinges Landes 1650AdvProc . This was presumably part of the 12,000 acres allotted to the Crown in 1634 , v. Darby, Draining of the Fens 40 , 78 .