Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KINGSTON

KINGSTON, a village and a sub-district in Portsea Island district, Hants. The village is in Portsea parish; stands 1 mile NE of Portsmouth; is populous and pleasant; and contains Portsea church.—The sub-district comprises a large portion of Portsea parish, a small portion of Portsmouth parish, and the extra-parochial tract of Great Salterns. Pop. in 1851, 17, 696; in 1861, 23, 089. Houses, 4, 334.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kingston AP/CP       Portsmouth RegD/PLPar/PLU       Hampshire AncC
Place: Kingston

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