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Kingstanley, par. and vil., Gloucestershire, on
Stroudwater Canal, 3
b miles SW. of Stroud, 1563 ac.,
pop. 2117;
P.O., T.o.; is a place of considerable anti-
quity, has some remains of a Roman camp, and is said
to haye been a residence of the Mercian kings. The
inhabitants are for the most part engaged in the mfr.
of cloth. Near the vil. is Kingstanley Fark, seat.


Kingsteignton, par., Devon, in SE. of co., on river
Teign, 1J mile NE. of Newton Abbot, 4021 ac., pop.
1691;
P.O.

Kingstkorne, hamlet, in co. and 5 miles SE. of
Hereford;
P.O.

Kingsthorpe.— par. and vil., Northamptonshire—
par. (partly within the parliamentary limits of North-
ampton), 1800 ac., pop. 3054; vil., 2 miles NW. of
Northampton;
P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of
Kingsthorpe Hail.—2. Kingsthorpe, hamlet, Pole
brook par., Northamptonshire, 2 miles SE. of Oundle.

Kingston. See also Kingstone.

Kingston.—par. and vil., Cambridgeshire, in SW. of
co., 3 miles SE. of Caxton, 1807 ac., pop. 286 ; P.O.—

2. Kingston, coast par. and vil., Devon, on river Erme, 7
miles S. of Ivybridge, 2373 ac. (140 water), pop. 470; P.O.
—3. Kingston, hamlet, Colaton Raleigh par., Devon,
2 miles AV. of Sidmouth.—4. Kingston, eccl. dist. and
vil., Corfe Castle par., Dorset—dist., pop. 457; vil.,
(>b miles SE. of 4\rareham ; P.O.; in vicinity is the seat of
Kingston Hall.—5. Kingston, vil., Haselbury Bryan
par., Dorset, 3J miles S. of Sturminster Newton.—

6. Kingston, hamlet, Stinsford par., Dorset, 1 b mile
E. of Dorchester.—7. Kingston, hamlet, Slimbridge
par., Gloucestershire, 4 miles NAV. of Dursley.—8.
Kingston, par., Isle of Wight, 3
\ miles SE. of Brix-
ton, 914 ac., pop. 69.—9. Kingston, in co. and 10
miles SAV. of Nottingham; P.O. See
Kingston upon
Soar.
—10. Kingston, par. and vil., Somerset, 31? miles
NAV. of Taunton, 3477 ac., pop. 942; p.o.; in vicinity
of vil. is the seat of Kingston Grange.—II. Kingston,
par. and vil., Staffordshire, in E. of co., 3
b miles SW.
of Uttoxeter, 2009 ac., pop. 280. —12. Kingston,
manor, in par. and vicinity of AVoodbridge, Suffolk.—

13. Kingston, hundred, in N. of Surrey, 13,000 ac.,
pop. 90,801; contains 6 pars, and part of another.—

14. Kingston, hamlet, Chesterton par., Warwickshire,
5 miles NE. of Kineton.—15. Kingston, Surrey. See
Kingston upon Thames. —16. Kingston, Sussex.
See
Kingston by Sea, Kingston near Lewes, and
Kingston near Worthing.

Kingston.—dist. in Glasgow, pop. 7041; P.O., T.O.;
contains Kingston Dock, on S. side of river Clyde.—2.
Kingston, seaport vil., Urquhart par., NE. Elginshire,
near AV. side of mouth of river Spey, £ mile N. of
Garmouth and 9| miles NE. of Elgin, pop. 326; has
shipbuilding.—3. Kingston, seat, in co. and 1
b mile
from Forfar.—4. Kingston, place with school, Dir-
leton par., Haddingtonshire, 2
b miles S. of North
Berwick;
P.O.

Kingston, seat, 2 m. S. of Rathdrum, E. co. Wicklow.

Kingston, Jfew. See Kingston upon Railway.

Kingston, Upper, hamlet, Longbredy par., Dorset,
in SAV. of co.,
7\ miles W. of Dorchester.

Kingston Bagpuize, par. and seat, Berks, in NW.
of co., 6 miles W. of Abingdon, 1109 ac., pop. 250; p.o.

Kingston Blonnt, hamlet and seat, Aston Rowant
par., Oxfordshire, 4 miles NE. of Watlington;
P.O.

Kingston Cross, Portsea Island, Hants, in N. of
Portsmouth;
P.O.

Kingston Devcrill, par., Wilts, in SW. of co., on
Deverill stream, 6 miles SW. of Heytesbury, 2060 ac.,
pop. 278;
P.O.

Kingston Division, The, pari. div. of Surrey, pop.
(estimated) 69,048.

Kingston Hall, seat of Lord Belper, Kingston upon
Soar par., Notts, near Keg worth sta.

Kingston Hill, eccl. dist. (ry. sta. Norbiton and
Kingston Hill), Kingston upon Thames par., Surrey,
pop. 6310.

Kingston House, seat, 2 miles NE. of Dorchester,
Dorset.

Kingston Lacy, seat, Wimborne Minster par., Dor-
set, 2 miles NW. of Wimborne sta.

Kingston Lisle with Fawler, township, Sparsliolt
par., Berks, 2417 ac., pop. 338; contains the vil. and
seat of Kingston Lisle, 41? miles W. of Wantage.

Kingston Pitney, par., Somerset. See Pitney.

Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.

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