Kempston

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Kempston is a town in Bedford

Built-Up Area: Kempston
Parish/Community: Kempston
Unitary Authority: Bedford
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 52°6'57"N 0°30'2"W
Eastings/Northings: 502767, 247464
OS Grid: TL027474
Mapcode Local: GBR G2B.69F
Mapcode Global: VHFQF.82QR

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

Kempston in historic gazetteers

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.

Kempston in the Domesday Book

A village in Redbornstoke hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, two; Earl Gyrth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Judith
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £30 in 1066; £22 in 1070; £18 in 1086
- Households: 18 villagers; 12 smallholders; 8 slaves
- Plough Teams: 4 lord's ploughs; 12 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 ploughs
- Woodland: 200 pigs
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Kempston, Bedford

Kempston is a town in Bedford

Kempston in historic gazetteers

Kempston in the Domesday Book