Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kineton, (or Kington)

Kineton.-- (or Kington), market town, par., and township, with ry. sta., Warwickshire, 6 miles W. of Fenny Compton sta. and 11 miles SE. of Stratford-on-Avon - par., 3810 ac., pop. 1269; town and township, pop. 1053; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Tuesday. King John kept his court in a castle here; and the place was the quarters of the Parliamentarians on the night before the battle of Edgehill.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town, parish and township, with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Kineton AP/CP       Warwickshire AncC
Place names: KINETON     |     KINETON OR KINGTON     |     KINGTON
Place: Kineton

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