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Kingsey

Village in Buckinghamshire, England

Summary

Village in Buckinghamshire, England

Field	Value
official_name	Kingsey
static_image_name	St Nicholas, Kingsey - geograph.org.uk - 410131.jpg
static_image_caption	St Nicholas, Kingsey
label_position	top
population	207
population_ref	(2011 Census including Aston Sandford)
coordinates
civil_parish	Kingsey
unitary_england	Buckinghamshire
lieutenancy_england	Buckinghamshire
region	South East England
country	England
constituency_westminster	Mid Buckinghamshire
post_town	Aylesbury
postcode_district	HP17
postcode_area	HP
dial_code	01844
os_grid_reference	SP7406

Kingsey is a small village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is near the boundary with Oxfordshire, about two miles east of Thame and a mile south of Haddenham.

The village toponym is of 12th-century origin and means 'king's island', referring to a piece of dry land that belonged to the king in the marshes that were once common in this part of the country. In 1174 the village was called Eya, meaning 'island', though by 1192 it had gained its more modern name of Kingesie. This leads historians to believe that the village is named after King Richard I of England.

Kingsey was transferred to Buckinghamshire from Oxfordshire in 1933, effectively being swapped for Towersey.

Historically people from this village and those surrounding it were known by the derogatory term 'wetfeet', because of the high water table of the area leading to the ground being so waterlogged.

Grade 1 listed Tythrop Park in Kingsey is listed as having an early duck decoy similar to that in Boarstall Duck Decoy in Buckinghamshire. (Location map)

References

[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125225&c=Kingsey&d=16&e=62&g=6403893&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1359913338098&enc=1 Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census], Accessed 3 February 2013
(July 2024). "Location of Mid Buckinghamshire".
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