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.

Kingsland

Early-attested site in the Parish of Newdigate

Historical Forms

  • Kynggeslond 1501 Norfolk
  • Kingsland 1533–8 ECP
  • Kyngeslond t.Hy8 MinAcct

Etymology

Kingsland is Kynggeslond 1501Norfolk , Kingsland 1533–8 ECP, Kyngeslond t. Hy 8MinAcct . It may represent the messuage and 60 acres of land in the parish, which was of the ancient demesne of the Crown , held by the Prior of Merton in 1291 (Ipm).