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Kingsand, vil., Maker par., Cornwall, on Plymouth Sound, 4 miles SAV. of Plymouth.
Kingsbarns, coast par. and vil. with ry. sta., E. Fife—par., 4074 ae., pop. 795; vil., 3 miles NAA. of Crail and 7 miles SE. of St Andrews, pop. 389; P.O.; at one time there were royal barns or granaries here.
Kingsbridge.—market town, small port, and par. (ry. sta. Kingsbridge Road, 10 miles N.), Devon, at head of Salcombe Haven, 12 miles SAV. of Totnes and 34 SAY. of Exeter, 150 ac., pop. 1527 ; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks,
4 newspapers. Market-day, Saturday. Kingsbridge is the centre of business for a large extent of country called the South Hams, and has a considerable agricul- tural trade as well as a fair trade coastwise. Some of the inhabitants are engaged in the fishing industry. The church is nearly five centuries old. In the Town Hall is an interesting museum. John Walcott (Peter Pindar, 1738-1819) was a native.—2. Kingsbridge, hundred, Wilts, in NE. of co., 37,885 ac., pop. 28,006 ; contains 11 pars, and part of another.
Kingsbridge, terminus of Great Southern and AVest- ern Ry., in Dublin city.
Kingsbridge Road, ry. sta. (for Kingsbridge, 10 miles S.), Devon, 15 miles E. of Plymouth.
Kingsburgh House, a mansion which formerly stood in Snizort par., Skye island, Inverness-shire, on E. side of Loch Snizort Beag, 9 miles NAV. of Portree ; at Kingsburgh House Prince Charles Edward found refuge in 1746, and Dr Johnson and Boswell were entertained by Flora Macdonald in 1773.
Kingsburn Green, hamlet, on NAV. border of Herts, 3J miles SE. of Luton.
Kingsbury.—par. and ry. sta., Middlesex, on river Brent, 7 miles NAA7. of St Pauls, London, 1829 ac., pop. 759 ; E. of church is the Brent reservoir, frequented by anglers; the par. contains the hamlet of Kingsbury Green.—2. Kingsbury, 4 miles SE. of Langport, Somerset; P.O. See Kingsbury Episcopi.—3. Kings- bury, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Warwickshire, on river Tame, 10 miles NE. of Birmingham, 9070 ac., pop. 1574; P.O.; has collieries and brickworks.
Kingsbury, East and AVest, 2 hundreds, Somerset —East Kingsbury, 18,565 ac., pop. 7436 ; AVest Kings- bury, 21,379 ac., pop. 11,522; the hundreds are in 6 de- tached portions, and comprise Chard and 10 other pars.
Kingsbury Episcopi, par. and vil., Somerset, in S. of co., on river Parret, 4 miles SE. of Langport, 3646 ac., pop. 1514 ; P.O., called Kingsbury.
Kingscavil, vil., with sandstone quarry, in co. and 2 miles E. of Linlithgow.
Kingsclere.—market town and par., Hants, 9 miles NAA7. of Basingstoke, 13,117 ac., pop. 2770; P.O., T.o. Market-day, Tuesday. Malting, brewing, and ropemak- ing are carried on.—2. Kingsclere, hundred, Hants, 20,538 ac., pop. 3294; contains 5 pars, and part of another.
Kingscliffc, 7 miles NW. of Oundle, Northampton- shire ; P.O., t.o. See Kings Cliefe.
Kingscote, par. and vil., in SW. of Gloucestershire,
5 miles NAV. of Tetbury, 1810 ac., pop. 272; P.O., T.o.; in vicinity of vil. is Kingscote Park, seat.—2. Kings- cote, ry. sta., 2{; miles SAV. of East Grinstead, Sussex.
Kingscott, hamlet, St Giles in the Wood par., Devon, 4 miles E. of Torrington.
Kingsconrt, town with ry. sta., Enniskeen par., E. co. Cavan, 20 miles N. of Navan and 47 miles NAV. of Dublin, pop. 932; P.O., T.o., 1 Bank. Market-day, Tuesday ; has an extensive corn market.
Kingscross Point, Arran island. See Kings Cross.
Kingsdalc, mountain vale in N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire; extends SE. from Whernside mountain to vicinity of Thornton; is traversed by the Kingsdale Beck, and contains several curious caverns.
Kingsdale, seat, Kennoway par., Fife, 1 mile NAV. of Cameron Bridge sta.
Kingsdon, par. and vil., Somerset, 2 miles N. of Ilchester, 2064 ac., pop. 353 ; P.O.
Kingsdown.— eccl. dist., Clifton and Westbury upon Trym pars., Gloucestershire, in bor. of Bristol, pop. 4361.—2. Kingsdown, eccl. dist. and coast vil., Ringwould par., Kent, in E. of co.—dist., pop. 520 ; vil., 3 miles S. of Deal; P.O.—3. Kingsdown, hamlet, Box par., Wilts, 3 miles SW. of Corsham Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.
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