English Explanatory Dictionary

Kempston

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A suburban town and civil parish with a town council in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0347).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Kempston Kempstons

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Brythonic *kam (“crooked, bent”) (from Proto-Celtic *kambos), in reference to a sharp bend of the River Ouse, + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Derived words

Kempston Hardwick Kempston Rural
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