Etymology The name Conisbrough comes from the Old English (first recorded ) meaning "king's stronghold" or "king's fortified place".'Conquest, Anarchy and Lordship: Yorkshire, 1066-1154' By Paul Dalton, Cambridge University Press, 2002, , p. 34'Conisbrough Castle' by Michael Welman Thompson, Great Britain. Dept. of the Environment, H.M.S.O., 1977, 'Ivanhoe' Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott, Graham Tulloch, Penguin Classics, 2000, . p. 481 Its derivation has a very similar route to Kingsbury.
Etymology The name Conisbrough comes from the Old English (first recorded ) meaning "king's stronghold" or "king's fortified place".'Conquest, Anarchy and Lordship: Yorkshire, 1066-1154' By Paul Dalton, Cambridge University Press, 2002, , p. 34'Conisbrough Castle' by Michael Welman Thompson, Great Britain. Dept. of the Environment, H.M.S.O., 1977, 'Ivanhoe' Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott, Graham Tulloch, Penguin Classics 2000, . p. 481 Its derivation has a very similar route to Kingsbury.