The story
- Old English · inherited fromCyningesburg
- English todayConisbrough
From Old English Cyningesburg, from cyninges (“king's”) + burh (“fort; manor; town”). Doublet of Kingsbury, Kingsberry, Kingsburg, and Kingsburgh. Cf. also Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, Kingsville, Coniston, Coniston Cold, Coningsby, and Conington.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.