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's Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Newbold and Dunston

Historical Forms

  • the Kyngs woode 1555 ShefBM
  • a spring of woode called the Kynges wood 1561 Portland

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , the Kyngs woode 1555ShefBM , a spring of woode called the Kynges wood 1561Portland . Newbold was a royal manor at the time of DB .