page_title: Kingston on Soar
section_title: Toponomy
hierarchical_section_title: Kingston on Soar / Toponomy
caption_attribution_description: English: Kingston on Soar Village Sign
context_page_description: Kingston on Soar is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England.
context_section_description: The Doemsday Book, written in 1086, records the village's place name as 'Chinestan'.Robert Thoroton writing in his book The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire first published in 1677, later published with additions by John Throsby in 1790, states:
  In Doomsday-Book written Cheniston: So called, probably, from some Owner, as most Towns of that Termination, in this County, generally are.
  The book The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire differs from Robert Thoroton stating that the origin of the name means 'royal stone'. The name derives from the Old English words 'cyne', meaning royal or kingly, and 'stan', meaning stone or rock. In Old English the word 'cyne' could refer to a local chief and does not necessarily refer to a ruler of a larger dominion. The '-on-soar' originates from the village's location near the River Soar.
caption: Kingston on Soar sign on village green
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