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.

Kingswood Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kenilworth

Historical Forms

  • wood called the Frythe, the Frythe wood, the Frythe al. Kingswoode 1581 LRMB

Etymology

Kingswood Fm is bosc. voc. la Fryd 1262, in bosco del Fryth 1285Ass , wood called the Frythe , the Frythe wood , the Frythe al. Kingswoode 1581LRMB . 'Wood,' v. fyrhðe .