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-on-Thames

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kingston-on-Thames

Historical Forms

  • Cyninges tun 838 BCS421
  • Cingestun 838 BCS423 c.1150
  • Cingestune, Cyngestune 924 ASC c.1050
  • Cyningestune 979 ASC 12th
  • Cingestune 979 ASC c.1050
  • Chingestune 1086 DB
  • Kingeston, Kyngeston 1164 P 1506 FF
  • Kinkeston 1200 Cur
  • Gingeston 1229 FF
  • Kyngeston super, juxta, Tamisiam 1321 FF
  • Kingestowne upon Thames 1589 ADv
  • Kynsen super Thames 1514 FF

Etymology

'King's farm or estate,' v. tun . The place was a residence of the Saxon kings.