Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kingswood

Kingswood, eccl. dist. and vil., Bitton par., Gloucestershire --dist., pop. 5952; vil., 3½ miles NE. of Bristo; P.O., T.O., shoemaking is carried on, and there are collieries in the district.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Kingswood By Bitton

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