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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Kensal Town like this:
Kensal Town, eccl. dist., Chelsea and Paddington pars., Middlesex, in W. of London, pop. 9377.
Kensal Town is now part of KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA District. Click here for graphs and data of how KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kensal Town itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kensal Town, in Kensington and Chelsea and Middlesex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23630
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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