Regis (place)

Regis, Latin for "of the king", occurs in numerous English place names. The name usually recalls the historical ownership of lands or manors by the Crown.^[1] In other places it honours royal associations rather than ownership. The "Regis" form was often used in the past as an alternative form to "King's", for instance at King's Bromley and King's Lynn.^[2][3]

Examples in England

Bedfordshire

• Houghton Regis

Devon

• Salcombe Regis

Dorset

• Bere Regis
• Lyme Regis
• Melcombe Regis
• Wyke Regis

Essex

• Hatfield Regis, now Hatfield Broad Oak

Gloucestershire

• Barton Regis Hundred, which historically included the county of Bristol

Kent

• Milton Regis

Norfolk

• Beeston Regis

Northamptonshire

• Grafton Regis

Oxfordshire

• Letcombe Regis

Somerset

• Brompton Regis
• Kingsbury Regis

Warwickshire

• Newton Regis

West Midlands

• Rowley Regis
• Tettenhall Regis, Wolverhampton

West Sussex

• Bognor Regis – In 1929 George V, having spent months recuperating from a serious illness in the seaside resort, allowed it the Regis addition.^[4]

Examples in other countries

Brazil

• Lebon Régis
• Pedro Régis

See also

• List of place names with royal patronage in the United Kingdom

References

1. "Brompton Regis". Exmoor National Park. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
2. Wilson, John Marius (1870). "BROMLEY (King's), or Bromley-Regis". Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
3. "King's Lynn, Norfolk". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth and Others. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
4. "King George V gave Bognor the Title "Regis"". Bognor Regis Town Council. Retrieved 19 March 2011.