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.

Kingsham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Donnington

Historical Forms

  • Kingesham, Kyngesham 930 BCS669 14th Ass 1279 Ipm 1331
  • Kyngesham al. Keynsham 1592 SRS14,202

Etymology

'King's ham(m),' but the royal owner is unknown.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement