In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kensington Gravel Pits like this:
KENSINGTON-GRAVEL-PITS, a metropolitan suburb in Kensington parish, Middlesex; 1 mile NNE of Kensington Town. It was originally a place of gravelpits; and it passed through the stage of a hamlet to its present condition.
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Kensington Gravel Pits through time
Kensington Gravel Pits is now part of Kensington and Chelsea district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kensington and Chelsea has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kensington Gravel Pits itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kensington Gravel Pits, in Kensington and Chelsea and Middlesex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23948
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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