Editing Kingston upon Thames (section)

==Toponymy==
Kingston was called ''Cyninges tun'' in 838 AD, ''Chingestune'' in 1086, ''Kingeston'' in 1164, ''Kyngeston super Tamisiam'' in 1321 and ''Kingestowne upon Thames'' in 1589. The name means 'the king's manor or estate' from the Old English words ''cyning'' and ''tun''. It belonged to the king in Saxon times and was the earliest royal borough.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mills |first=A.D. |year=2010 |title=A Dictionary of London Place Names |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |article=Kingston upon Thames |edition=2nd |url= http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?entry=t307.e791&srn=1&ssid=479602017#FIRSTHIT |isbn=978-0-1995-6678-5 |access-date=17 July 2010}}</ref>

There was historically some variation between authorities as to whether Kingston was 'on' or 'upon' Thames, and whether the name should be hyphenated or not.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=13978|page=135|date=7 February 1797}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Roots |first1=George |title=The Charters of the town of Kingston upon Thames |date=1797 |page=Front cover |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vqJbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref> The [[Post Office Limited|Post Office]] initially adopted 'Kingston-on-Thames',<ref>{{cite book |title=British Postal Guide |date=1867 |publisher=Post Office |page=102 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uiJAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA102 |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref> the [[Ordnance Survey]] used 'Kingston upon Thames',<ref>{{cite web |title=Ordnance Survey Six Inch Map TQ16NE, 1948 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/189258722 |website=The National Library of Scotland |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=21 April 2024 |archive-date=21 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421210325/https://maps.nls.uk/view/189258722 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the old borough council preferred the hyphenated 'Kingston-upon-Thames'.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34392|page=2741|date=27 April 1937}}</ref> As late as 1959 the borough council was petitioning the other bodies to standardise the name as 'Kingston-upon-Thames'.<ref>{{cite news |title=On and Upon |work=The Times |date=6 April 1959 |location=London |page=11}}</ref> The London Borough created in 1965 used the form 'Kingston upon Thames' without hyphens, since when that form has been used by the council, Ordnance Survey, and as the post town.<ref name=charter>{{cite web |title=Charter of Incorporation as the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the London Borough of Kingston upon Thomas, comprising the Boroughs of Kingston-upon-Thames, Surbiton and Malden and Coombe |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/c03c0765-8c1d-4794-8936-954f7343ace7 |website=Discovery Catalogue |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref>