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.

Old Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby and Ormesby St Michael

Historical Forms

  • Kunigere 1220 Holme
  • Kyngeshalle 1376 Ipm

Etymology

, ( site of ) manor called Kunigere 1220Holme ,Kyngeshalle 1376 Ipm ( Kingshall Manor was ancient demesne of the crown and belonged to the Clere family in the 14th and 15th centuries ; cf. Kyngeshallecroft , etc . , under field - names ( b ) infra ) ; v. kunung and - ere 2 ( cf. Musardera 1187, Musardiere 1191 P , ' Musard's manor ' , for Miserden DEPN s.n., PN Gl I 129 f . ) .