Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KINGSAND

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.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Maker CP/AP       Cornwall AncC
Place: Kingsand

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