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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kingston near Lewes

Historical Forms

Kyngestona t.Wm2 Lewes

Chingestona 1121 ADA6

Kyngeston juxta Lewes 1340 NI

Etymology

Self-explanatory. 'Near Lewes' in distinction from Kingston Bowsey supra 245.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site