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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Kingstanley, par. and vil., Gloucestershire, on Stroudwater Canal, 3½ miles SW. of Stroud, 1563 ac., pop. 2117; P.O., T.O.; is a place of considerable antiquity, has some remains of a Roman camp, and is said to have been a residence of the Mercian kings. The inhabitants are for the most part engaged in the mfr. of cloth. Near the vil. is Kingstanley Park, seat.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Kings Stanley CP/AP Gloucestershire AncC |
| Place: | Kings Stanley |
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