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.

Kingsley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Frodsham

Historical Forms

  • Chingeslie 1086 DB
  • Chingesleye 1154–81 Chest
  • Chingeslee 1153–60 Orm2
  • Kyngesleya 1157–94 Chest
  • Kinggesleia 1175 Facs
  • Kingeslega 1178 ib
  • Kingesley 1613 ChRR
  • Kyngeslay 1292 Ipm
  • Kyngeslagh 1369 Plea
  • Kingsley 1192–1208 Chest 1217–32 VR 1392 ChRR
  • Kyngelegh c.1232 Fitt
  • Kingeleg' 1244 Chest
  • King(e)l' 1260 Court
  • Kingley 1693 Chol
  • Kynggelegh 1310 Plea
  • Kyngelay 1427 Pat
  • Keng(esl') c.1250–1316 Chest
  • Kengeslegh, Kengesley 1314 Chol
  • Kynchesleye 1351 BPR

Etymology

'The king's wood or clearing', v. cyning , lēah . The spelling Kynchesleye suggests an assibilation of -ng - analogous with that in Altrincham 27.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name