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The following appear as names for Kingston upon Thames. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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KINGSTON | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Wesley | The Journal of John Wesley (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 2000). | |
KINGSTON UPON THAMES | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Kingston upon Thames. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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00AX | District/Unitary Authority | Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics) |
E140394 | Local Government District (LB) | |
KINGSTON | Ancient District (Hundred) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 685. |
Constituency (PDivCon) | F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1974) | |
Local Government District (RD) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 689. | |
Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1881 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'. | |
Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD/PLU) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 687. | |
Registration sub-District | 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'. | |
Rural Deanery | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 783. | |
Sanitary District (RSD) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 688. | |
KINGSTON AND SURBITON | Constituency (BCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
KINGSTON ON THAMES | Local Government District (MB) | 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'. |
Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'. | |
Sanitary District (USD) | 1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area and Population in Rural Sanitary Districts'. | |
Urban Labour Market | Great Britain Historical GIS Project | |
KINGSTON UPON THAMES | Ancient District (Borough) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 686. |
Archdeaconry | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 783. | |
Constituency (BCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) | |
Constituency (BCon/PBCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) | |
Constituency (PBCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) | |
District/Unitary Authority | Census of Population (2001 Key Statistics) | |
Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 483. | |
Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 483. | |
Local Government District (MB) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 686. | |
Local Government District (LB) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 310. | |
Parish-level Unit (CP/AP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 483. | |
Sanitary District (USD) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 688. | |
KINGSTON UPON THAMES KINGSTON | Constituency (BCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
KINGSTON UPON THAMES ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 483. |
KINGSTON UPON THAMES ST LUKE | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 483. |
KINGSTON UPON THAMES WITH SHEEN | Ecclesiastical Parish (EP) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 483. |
SURREY KINGSTON | Constituency (PDivCon) | Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998) |
SURREY KINGSTON UPON THAMES | Constituency (BCon/PBCon) | Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954) |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Kingston upon Thames, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Kingston upon Thames, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kingston upon Thames in Surrey | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/706/names
Date accessed: 08th February 2025