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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kingsdown like this:
KINGSDOWN, a parish in Milton district, Kent; 4 miles SSE of Sittingbourne r. station. Post town, Sittingbourne. Acres, 695. Real property, £931. Pop., 96. Houses, 18. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Kingsdown. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Valne, £200. Patron, Lord Kingsdown. The church was built in 1865, after designs by Pugin; is in the early English style: and consists of nave and chancel, with a spire.
Kingsdown is now part of SWALE District. Click here for graphs and data of how SWALE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kingsdown itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kingsdown, in Swale and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3264
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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