Kemble

Other current and historical names

Chemele

Built-Up Area: Kemble
Parish/Community: Kemble
District/Borough: Cotswold
County: Gloucestershire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°40'29"N 2°1'8"W
Eastings/Northings: 398777, 197339
OS Grid: ST987973
Mapcode Local: GBR 2PY.SFW
Mapcode Global: VHB2W.Y5FF

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Kemble within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Kemble in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Kemble, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Kemble Junction), Wilts, 4¼ m. SW. of Cirencester, 3322 ac., pop. 473; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of K. House.

Kemble in the Domesday Book

A village in Cicementone hundred, in the county of Gloucestershire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Malmesbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Malmesbury
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Ansketil (subinfeudated); William (subinfeudated); Tovi (subinfeudated); Abbey of Malmesbury
- Taxable Value: 30 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1070; £21 in 1086
- Households: 30 villagers; 6 smallholders; 12 slaves; 15 other households
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 18 men's ploughs (30 plough lands)
- Meadow: 48 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Mills: 3, value £1 5/-

British Place Names

Kemble, Gloucestershire

Kemble is a village in Gloucestershire

Kemble in historic gazetteers

Kemble in the Domesday Book