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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kingsand like this:
KINGSAND, a village in Maker parish, Cornwall; on Plymouth Sound, adjacent to Cawsand, opposite the Breakwater, 4 miles SW of Plymouth. It was at one time noted for smuggling.
Kingsand is now part of CORNWALL Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CORNWALL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kingsand itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kingsand in Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26387
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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