A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
KINSHAM (UPPER), a parish in the district of Presteigne, and county of Hereford; on the river Lug, contiguous to Lower Kinsham, 3¼ miles E of Presteigne, and 4½ NNW of Pembridge r. station. Post town, Presteigne, Radnorshire. Acres, 1, 243. Real property, with Lower Kinsham, £1, 146. Pop., 88. Houses, 15. Kinsham Court, a fine old mansion, now partly ruinous, was the seat of the Oxford and Mortimer families. Kinsham Dingle is a picturesque locality, much frequented by the curious. The living is a donative in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £15. Patron, the Earl of Oxford. The church is modern.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Kinsham CP/AP Upper Kinsham CP/AP Presteigne PLU/RegD Herefordshire AncC |
| Place names: | KINSHAM | KINSHAM UPPER | UPPER KINSHAM |
| Place: | Kinsham |
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