Place:


Kingsand  Cornwall

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kingsand like this:

KINGSAND, a village in Maker parish, Cornwall; on Plymouth Sound, adjacent to Cawsand, opposite the Breakwater, 4 miles SW of Plymouth. It was at one time noted for smuggling.

Additional information about this locality is available for Maker

Kingsand through time

Kingsand is now part of Caradon district. Click here for graphs and data of how Caradon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kingsand itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kingsand, in Caradon and Cornwall | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26387

Date accessed: 18th May 2024


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