Kingswood

English

Etymology

From Old English cyning (“king”) + -s- + wudu (“wood”).

Proper noun

Kingswood (countable and uncountable, plural Kingswoods)

  1. A number of places in England:
    1. A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6918). [1]
    2. A suburb in Burtonwood and Westbrook parish, Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5790).
    3. A northern suburb of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA0834).
    4. A suburb of Basildon, Essex (OS grid ref TQ7087). [2]
    5. A suburban town and civil parish with a town council in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, to the northeast of Bristol (OS grid ref ST6573). [3]
    6. A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7491). [4]
    7. A hamlet in Kington Rural parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO2954).
    8. A northern suburb of Watford, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL1000) [5]
    9. A village in Broomfield and Kingswood parish, Maidstone district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ8350).
    10. A hamlet in Stogumber parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST1037).
    11. A village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2455). [6]
    12. A settlement in Lapworth parish, Warwick district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP1871).
  2. A small settlement in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0638).
  3. A locality in Forden with Leighton and Trelystan community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2402).
  4. A suburb of Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 0829).
  5. A town in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States.
  6. A suburb of Sydney in the City of Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
  7. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham, South Australia.
  8. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Kingswood is the 10225th most common surname in England, belonging to 580 individuals.

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Buckinghamshire)
  2. ^ Ward map (Basildon)
  3. ^ Parish map (South Gloucestershire)
  4. ^ Parish map (Stroud)
  5. ^ Ward map (Watford)
  6. ^ Ward map (Reigate & Banstead)

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