In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kibblestone like this:
KIBBLESTONE, a liberty in Stone parish, Stafford; on the Grand Trunk canal and the Northwestern railway, 2 miles N of Stone. It contains the village of Oulton, many neat villas, and several water-power mills. Real property, £11, 946. Pop. in 1841, 1,896. Meaford Hall here is the seat of Viscount St. Vincent; and was the birthplace of Admiral Jervis, the first Lord Vincent. There is a petrifying spring.
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Kibblestone through time
Kibblestone is now part of Stafford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stafford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kibblestone itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kibblestone, in Stafford and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25353
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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