Kingswinford, Staffordshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Kingswinford. You may be able to find further references to Kingswinford in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Kingswinford parish Bartholomew
KINGSWINFORD a village, a parish, and a subdistrict Imperial
Kingswinford Division, The parliamentary division Bartholomew
Swinford Regis Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Kingswinford.

Place Type of entry Source
Ashwood hamlet Bartholomew
BRIERLEY HILL a town and a chapelry Imperial
Brierly Hill town with railway station Bartholomew
Brockmoor ecclesiastical district Bartholomew
BROCKMOOR a chapelry Imperial
Hartshill village Bartholomew
HARTSHILL a chapelry Imperial
Holly Hall place Bartholomew
Pensnett small town Bartholomew
PENSNETT a hamlet and a chapelry Imperial

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Brierley Hill 0 2
Brockmoor 0 2
Pensnett 1 2
Brettel Lane 0 1
Ashwood 0 2
Hartshill 0 2
Amblecote 0 2
Wollaston 0 3
Himley 0 2
Stamber Mill 0 1
Dudley 10 3
Quarry Bank 0 2
Lower Gornal 0 2
Swindon 0 2
Stourbridge 5 3
Stourton 1 2
Old Swinford 0 5
Netherton 0 2
Upper Gornal 0 1
Sedgley 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Kingswinford. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
KINGSWINFORD John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
KINGSWINFORD DIVISION John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
KINGSWINFORD DIVISION THE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
SWINFORD REGIS John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
THE KINGSWINFORD DIVISION John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

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