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KIBBLESTONE, a liberty in Stone parish, Stafford; on the Grand Trunk canal and the Northwestern railway, 2 miles N of Stone. It contains the village of Oulton, many neat villas, and several water-power mills. Real property, £11, 946. Pop. in 1841, 1,896. Meaford Hall here is the seat of Viscount St. Vincent; and was the birthplace of Admiral Jervis, the first Lord Vincent. There is a petrifying spring.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a liberty" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Stone CP/AP Staffordshire AncC |
Place: | Kibblestone |
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