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.

Kingswell

Other OS name in the Parish of Lifton

Historical Forms

  • Kingswill 1677 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Kingswill 1677Recov . Lifton was a ' royal ' manor as early as the time of King Alfred .