Kington

Other current and historical names

Chintune

Parish/Community: Kington
District/Borough: Wychavon
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°12'9"N 2°1'44"W
Eastings/Northings: 398119, 256041
OS Grid: SO981560
Mapcode Local: GBR 2HJ.XJ2
Mapcode Global: VHB05.SW7V

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

Kington in historic gazetteers

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

Kington, par., Worcestershire, 7 miles NE. of Pershore, 1000 ac., pop. 136.

Kington in the Domesday Book

A village in Ash hundred, in the county of Worcestershire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thori; Elaf of Kington; Alwy
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: 2 men-at-arms (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1070; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 7 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure

British Place Names

Kington, Worcestershire

Kington is a village in Worcestershire

Kington in historic gazetteers

Kington in the Domesday Book