Kingswear
Major Settlement in the Parish of Kingswear
Historical Forms
- Kingeswere 1170–96 Totnes 1493 Ipm
- Kingeswerr 1200 ChR
- Kynggeswere 1267 Exon
- Kynggiswere juxta Dertemouthe 1340 Ass
- Kyngesware 1445 Pat
- Kynkeswere 1272 Misc
Etymology
Self-explanatory, v. wer . Kingswear was originally a part of Brixham parish (supra 507) in which is also a Kingston. Since no manor in the parish was a royal one, either TRE or TRW, it is clear that the association of these two places with a king must go back to pre-Norman times.