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.

King Street

Other OS name in the Parish of Winnersh

Historical Forms

  • Kingstret 1603–4 RentSur
  • Kinges Street Close e.17th Survey

Etymology

, 1761 Rocque , Kingstret 1603–4RentSur , Kinges Street Close e.17thSurvey , probably dialect street ' a straggling village ' with the surname King ; cf. Davis Street in St Nicholas Hurst .