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.

Kingshead

Other OS name in the Parish of Widdecombe in the Moor

Historical Forms

  • Kyngessette 1333 SR
  • Kingeshedd 1670 FF

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Kyngessette 1333SR (p), Kingeshedd 1670FF . Cf. Kingsett supra 201 .