In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kington Langley like this:
KINGTON-LANGLEY, a tything and a chapelry in Kington-St. Michael parish, Wilts. The tything lies 1 mile NE of Kington-St. Michael village, and 2½ N of Chippenham r. station; and has a post office under Chippenham. Acres, 1, 642. Real property, £3, 277. Pop., 530. Houses, 121. The chapelry is conterminate with the tything; and bears the alternative name of Langley-Fitzurse. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £100. Patron, the Vicar of Kington-St. Michael. The church was built in 1855. There is a national school.
Kington Langley through time
Kington Langley is now part of North Wiltshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Wiltshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kington Langley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kington Langley in North Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11855
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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