Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Kingswear within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Kingswear, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in SE. of Devon, on E. side of the estuary of the Dart, opposite Dartmouth, 97 ac., pop. 488; P.O. Kingswear is the ry. sta. for Dartmouth, with which it communicates by steam ferry; in vicinity of vil. are the ruins of Kingswear Castle. At Kingswear is a lighthouse 36 ft. high, with fixed light (Dartmouth) 85 ft. above high water and seen 11 miles.