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.

Kingston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brixham

Historical Forms

  • Kyngeston Facy juxta Dertemuth 1292 Ass
  • Kyngeston juxta Brikesham 1302 Ass
  • Kyngeston Facy 1306 Ipm

Etymology

'King's farm,' but neither the royal owner nor the connexion of the Facy family is known, v. tun .