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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Kington like this:
KINGTON (WEST), a parish, with a village, in Chippenham district, Wilts; near Akeman street and the boundary with Gloucester, 8 miles NW by W of Chippenham r. station. Post town, Marshfield, under Chippenham. Acres, 2, 444. Real property, £4, 115. Pop., 405. Houses, 79. The manor belongs to W. ...
Codrington, Esq. Building stone is quarried. Vestiges exist of a Roman camp. The parish is a meet for the Beaufort hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £417.* Patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is ancient, and has a tower. Bishop Latimer was rector.
West Kington is now part of WILTSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WILTSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Kington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Kington in Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11853
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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