Place:Collingbourne Kingston, Wiltshire, England

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Collingbourne Kingston is a village and civil parish about 8 miles (13 km) south of the market town of Marlborough in Wiltshire, England. The village, which is on the A338 primary route between Andover and Marlborough, is one of several on the River Bourne, a seasonal river which is usually dry in summer. The parish includes the hamlets of Aughton and Brunton. Previously it also included Sunton and Cadley, but these hamlets were transferred to Collingbourne Ducis in 1934. In 1987 the parish was further reduced when its southeast and southwest parts were also transferred to Collingbourne Ducis.

The toponym Collingbourne means the "Bourne as the stream of Cola's people". Collingbourne Kingston was so named to distinguish it from its southerly neighbour Collingbourne Ducis which was wholly in Elstub and Everleigh Hundred. Until the 14th century, Collingbourne Kingston was called Collingbourne Abbot's with reference to Hyde Abbey, Winchester, the owner of the principal manor. The change to Kingston was a reference to the appearance of Collingbourne in the Domesday Book of 1086.

Research Tips

• Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 16, pp126-139 - Parish: Collingbourne Kingston. British History Online. University of London. :*
• From this Ancestry page you can browse the Wiltshire parishes which have parish register transcripts online, quite often from very early dates. However, reading the early ones requires skill and patience. Transcriptions should also be in FamilySearch.
• A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Wiltshire.