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.

Kingsford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kentisbeare

Historical Forms

Chinnesfort 1086 DB

Kingesford(e) 1238 Ass

Kynges ford(e) 1242 Fees786 1441 IpmR

Kyngeford(e) 1356 Ass

Etymology

Self- explanatory, but the exact royal owner is unknown.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Kentisbeare