Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described South Kensington like this:

South Kensington, dist. and ry. sta., Kensington par., Middlesex, pop. 9107; the sta. is 1½ mile W. of Victoria Station. The South Kensington Museum of Science and Art stands upon 12 acres of land, and was founded in 1855; the present buildings were commenced 10 years later.

This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to South Kensington by doing a full-text search here.


Travel writing

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Brompton 0 2
Chelsea 17 2
Knightsbridge 0 2
West Brompton 0 2
Earls Court 0 2
Belgravia 0 3
Kensington 21 3
Hyde Park 0 1
Battersea 6 3
Victoria 0 1
Northend 0 2
Walham Green 0 2
Pimlico 0 2
Campden Hill 0 1
Bayswater 0 2
Tothill Fields 0 2
Kensington Gravel Pits 0 1
Parsons Green 0 2
Mayfair 0 4
Norlands 0 1