Place:


Kingsbury  Somerset

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kingsbury like this:

KINGSBURY (EAST AND WEST), a hundred in the SW of Somerset; comprising six detached portions; and containing Chard parish, and ten other parishes. Acres, 39, 944. Pop. in 1851, 20, 232; in 1861, 19, 435. Houses, 4, 030.

Kingsbury through time

Kingsbury is now part of South Somerset district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Somerset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kingsbury itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kingsbury in South Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25182

Date accessed: 23rd April 2024


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