, 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. 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.
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.
Examples in other countries
Brazil Lebon Régis Pedro Régis
See also List of place names with royal patronage in the United Kingdom
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