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Kingsland derives its name from being the hunting grounds of a Tudor royal residence at Newington Green – hence King's Lands. At the time, the area was still heavily forested – as part of a forest stretching from Shoreditch to Enfield Chase – and roamed by wild bulls, stags and wild boars. [2]
- History of Kingsland – Introduction
- Preamble
- Pre-Roman Times
- The Roman Era
- Saxon Times
- Middle Ages
- Middle Ages to Today
In this section, we summarise the History of Kingsland; in other History sub-menus are highlighted some old quotes/traditions of the village, lists of some of the old Trades which were practised in the village, and a list of bibliographies/links for further research. There are also special sections (Railway Reminiscences and Memories from the Past)...
What makes Kingsland – this relatively small area at the “quiet end” of one of England’s least populated counties – even worth reading about ? Forty minutes from any modern motorway, miles from the “big city”, Kingsland should not really have a lot to say for itself. However, when you scratch the surface, you scratch the surface of Britain’s histor...
In the Ice Age a huge glacier travelled across the country through Shobdon, and when it reached Mortimer’s Cross an enormous tongue of ice curled up round the Aymestry Valley forming a large lake at Wigmore and completely damming the River Lugg. There is then an enormous gap in history, while the receding ice and snow were replaced by warmer condit...
The Romans next occupied Herefordshire and had military stations at Kenchester and Leintwardine. They made considerable use of the district as their main road – Watling Street – ran through Stretford, Street Court, over the Pinsley (where the remains of their ford can still be seen), along Hereford Lane, and up through Aymestry to Leintwardine. Str...
In Saxon times, there was certainly a church in Kingsland, practically upon the same spot as the one today. As there was a church, there must have been a village around it with most of the dwellings being built of daub and wattle, and thatched with reeds. The area was then much more wooded and there was a great deal of bog and marsh. Merowald, King...
The Domesday Book (1085) shows that the central plain of Herefordshire (including Kingsland) was well settled and the whole area was extremely fertile. Kingsland has a reliable water supply, a dry settlement site and a light, easily worked soil. Kingsland was a Royal Manor in the reign of Edward I (1272 – 1307) and the Queen granted it a charter to...
Nothing more is known of Kingsland until 1553 when the inhabitants supported Princess Mary against Lady Jane Grey. In about 1700, the worst feature of the district was the state of the roads. The old coaching road from London to Aberystwyth, which passed through Kingsland, was kept in rough repair – but elsewhere the surfaces were deep, ruts and fi...
A brief history and profile of Kingsland, a historically poor, densely populated locality just west of Dalston, of which it is nowadays considered a part.
KINGSLAND, a quondam hamlet, now a metropolitan suburb, in Hackney parish, Middlesex; on the Tottenham road and the North London railway, 2½ miles NNE of St. Pauls. It has post offices, under London NE, and a police station; and omnibuses run from it to the City.
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Kingsland is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Herefordshire, 5 kilometres north-west of Leominster. Mapcarta, the open map.
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Mar 17, 2017 · Between the hip hubs of Shoreditch and Dalston runs the ever-changing Kingsland Road: a 20-minute-walk’s worth of standout bars, shops and restaurants which far.
