In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Poole Keynes like this:
POOLE-KEYNES, a parish in the district of Cirencester and county of Wilts; adjacent to the Swindon and Gloucester railway, and to the river Thames, 1½ mile S S E of Kemble-Junction r. station, and 5 S S W of Cirencester. Post-town. Cirencester. Acres, 1, 110. Real property, with Kemble, £7,002. Rated property of P.-K. alone, £1, 836. Pop., 180. Houses, 38. The manor belongs to Miss Gordon. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £367. Patrons, the Duchy of Lancaster. The church was re-built in 1778. There is a national school.
Poole Keynes through time
Poole Keynes is now part of Cotswold district. Click here for graphs and data of how Cotswold has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Poole Keynes itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Poole Keynes, in Cotswold and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12134
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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