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.

Kings Coughton

Other OS name in the Parish of Alcester

Historical Forms

Kyngescoketon 1262,1306 Ass

Kingscoughton 1653 FF

Etymology

is Kyngescoketon 1262, 1306Ass ,Kingscoughton 1653FF . See further Coughton infra 207 . Alcester was a royal manor .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Beauchamp Court

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Alcester