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.
KENSWORTH, a village and a parish in the district of Luton and county of Hertford. The village stands near the boundary with Beds, 3 miles SE of Dunstable r. station; and has a post office under Dunstable. The parish comprises 2, 280 acres. Real property, £3, 919. Pop. in 1851, 1, 033; in 1861, 925. Houses, 194. The property is subdivided. Chalk hills form much of the surface; and one of them has an altitude of 904 feet. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £180.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. The church is Norman, has an embattled tower, and was recently restored. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £18.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kensworth CP/AP Hertfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Kensworth |
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