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.
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.
kingsey, other, uses, small, village, civil, parish, aylesbury, vale, district, buckinghamshire, england, near, boundary, with, oxfordshire, about, miles, east, thame, mile, south, haddenham, nicholas, location, within, buckinghamshirepopulation207, 2011, cens. For other uses see Kingsey 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 KingseySt Nicholas KingseyKingseyLocation within BuckinghamshirePopulation207 2011 Census including Aston Sandford 1 OS grid referenceSP7406Civil parishKingseyUnitary authorityBuckinghamshireCeremonial countyBuckinghamshireRegionSouth EastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townAylesburyPostcode districtHP17Dialling code01844PoliceThames ValleyFireBuckinghamshireAmbulanceSouth CentralUK ParliamentBuckinghamList of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51 45 14 N 0 55 34 W 51 754 N 0 926 W 51 754 0 926The 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 2 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 edit Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census Accessed 3 February 2013 Great Britain Historical GIS University of Portsmouth Bullington RD Retrieved 2009 09 09 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kingsey About Kingsey Detailed history of Kingsey British History Online Tythrop House Duck Decoy listing in The Book of Duck Decoys by Sir Ralph Payne Gallwey 1886 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kingsey amp oldid 1138133952, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
