Regis (place)

{{Short description|Latin for "of the king" referring to locations}}

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{{lang|la|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.{{cite web|url=http://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/index/looking_after/living_in_communities/exmoor_parishes/brompton_regis.htm|title=Brompton Regis|publisher=Exmoor National Park|accessdate=19 March 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113201103/http://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/index/looking_after/living_in_communities/exmoor_parishes/brompton_regis.htm|archivedate=13 November 2010}} 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.{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=John Marius|title=Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp;jsessionid=75CF347F1EB75BA9562F0CC11261FAE9?text_id=852230|year=1870|chapter=BROMLEY (King's), or Bromley-Regis}}{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=565|title=King's Lynn, Norfolk|work=Vision of Britain|publisher=University of Portsmouth and Others|accessdate=19 March 2011}}

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