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.

Kingsfold

Early-attested site in the Parish of Warnham

Historical Forms

Kingesfeld 1482 IpmR

de Kyngesfold 1296 SR

Etymology

Kingsfold is Kingesfeld in 1482 IpmR and gave name to Simon de Kyngesfold (1296 SR). Confusion of feld and fold is common.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Warnham