Which Surrey town officially added the suffix '-upon-Thames' to its name in May 2012?
Staines-upon-Thames not received. Adopting the name change, the council resolved to call on residents, businesses and public organisations to use the name Staines-upon-Thames, and to call on the Surrey County Council and Runnymede Borough Council to use Staines-upon-Thames for all official business. Following a day of celebrations in the town, including a regatta on the river, the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, Dame Sarah Goad DCVO, formally changed the name on 20 May 2012 at 2 pm. Royal Mail adopted the new name in mid-2012, having previously stated that the name would remain as Staines on the Postcode Address File. The town's
Kingston upon Thames Delft in the Netherlands. In 2016, Kingston upon Thames has been twinned with Jaffna in Sri Lanka. Kingston upon Thames Kingston upon Thames, frequently known as Kingston, is an area of southwest London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, and identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan. Kingston is about above sea level. It is notable as the ancient market town in which Saxon kings were crowned. Kingston was part of a large ancient parish in the county of Surrey and the town was an