Kingswood

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proper noun

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6918).

Less commonScrabble 18

Meanings

proper nounKingswood (countable and uncountable, plural Kingswoods)

plural Kingswoods

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

Origin

  1. Old Englishcyning“king”
  2. EnglishKingswood

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

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APA

Kingswood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kingswood

MLA

“Kingswood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kingswood. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kingswood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kingswood.

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