Meanings
plural Kingswoods
- A number of places in England:
- countableuncountableA hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6918).
- countableuncountableA suburb in Burtonwood and Westbrook parish, Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5790).
- countableuncountableA northern suburb of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref TA0834).
- countableuncountableA suburban town and civil parish with a town council in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, to the northeast of Bristol (OS grid ref ST6573).
- countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7491).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Kington Rural parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO2954).
- countableuncountableA northern suburb of Watford, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL1000)
- countableuncountableA village in Broomfield and Kingswood parish, Maidstone district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ8350).
- countableuncountableA village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2455).
- countableuncountableA settlement in Lapworth parish, Warwick district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP1871).
- countableuncountableA small settlement in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0638).
- countableuncountableA locality in Forden with Leighton and Trelystan community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2402).
- countableuncountableA town in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States.
- countableuncountableA locality in the Bega Valley council area, south-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- countableuncountableA suburb of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia.
- countableuncountableA suburb of Sydney in the City of Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
- countableuncountableA suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham, South Australia.
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
- Old Englishcyning“king”
- EnglishKingswood
From Old English cyning (“king”) + -s- + wudu (“wood”).
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Kingswood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kingswood
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