Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Kempston within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Kempston.-- par. and vil., in co. and 2½ miles SW. of Bedford, on river Ouse, 5160 ac., pop. 3432; P.O. Pillow-lace is made by the inhabitants; in the neighbourhood relics of the Saxon era have been discovered; in vicinity of vil. are the seats of Kempston House and Kempston Grange.
A village in Redbornstoke hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.