In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kingsteignton like this:
KINGSTEIGNTON, a village and a parish in Newton-Abbot district, Devon. The village stands on the river Teign, near the South Devon railway, 1½ mile NNE of Newton-Abbot; was originally called Teignton-Regis; is a large place, with a commodious wharf; exports very great quantities of pipe clay and potters' clay; and has a post office under Newton-Abbot. ...
The parish includes also the hamlet of Preston. Acres, 4, 021; of which 70 are water. Real property, £8, 040; of which £600 are in canals, and £40 in quarries. Pop., 1, 652. Houses, 343. The property is much subdivided. The chief landowner is Lord Clifford of Ugbrooke Park, part of which is within the bounds of the parish. The climate was formerly remarkable for agues and other diseases; but has been corrected by means of drainage. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £350. Patron, the Bishop of Exeter. The church is ancient; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There are chapels for Independents and Wes1eyans, a national school, and charities £6. Gale, the theological writer, was a native.
Kingsteignton through time
Kingsteignton is now part of Teignbridge district. Click here for graphs and data of how Teignbridge has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kingsteignton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kingsteignton, in Teignbridge and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4197
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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