Kingshill Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Dodderhill
Historical Forms
- Kingeslaunde 1271 For
- Kyngeslonde, Kingeslonde 1275 SR 1287,1308 Ipm 1300 Pat 1327 SR 1377 Cl 1389,1408 IpmR
- Kingsland Hill 1789 Gough
Etymology
As we are in woodland country, the suffix is probably ME launde rather than land. As late as the directory of 1923 the place is called Kingsland Hill Farm.The shortened form is a good example from modern times of the tendency, noted by Ritter, to drop the middle element of three in a triple-compound name.