Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kingsland

Kingsland.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta., Herefordshire, in N. of co., 5 miles NW. of Leominster, 4735 ac., pop. 1063; P.O., T.O. The church of St Michael is a 13th century structure; a stone pedestal (1799) commemorates the battle of Mortimer,s Cross (1461), which was fought on Kingsland Field, 2 miles NW. of vil.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kingsland Parish       Herefordshire Ancient County
Place: Kingsland

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