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.

Kingstree

Other OS name in the Parish of King's Nympton

Historical Forms

  • Kynestrewe 1289 Ass
  • Kynystrewe 1330 SR
  • Kenestrewe 1443 IpmR
  • Kynstruwe 1356 Ass

Etymology

is Kynestrewe 1289Ass , Kynystrewe 1330SR (p), Kenestrewe 1443 IpmR, Kynstruwe 1356Ass . ' Cyne 's tree . ' The modern form may have been influenced by the parish name , cf. Kingscombe in Linkinhorne (Co) , Kynescumbe 1284, Kynnescume 1317Ass .