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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kingsbury like this:
KINGSBURY (EAST AND WEST), a hundred in the SW of Somerset; comprising six detached portions; and containing Chard parish, and ten other parishes. Acres, 39, 944. Pop. in 1851, 20, 232; in 1861, 19, 435. Houses, 4, 030.
Kingsbury is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kingsbury itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kingsbury in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25182
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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