Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KIBBLESTONE

KIBBLESTONE, a liberty in Stone parish, Stafford; on the Grand Trunk canal and the Northwestern railway, 2 miles N of Stone. It contains the village of Oulton, many neat villas, and several water-power mills. Real property, £11, 946. Pop. in 1841, 1,896. Meaford Hall here is the seat of Viscount St. Vincent; and was the birthplace of Admiral Jervis, the first Lord Vincent. There is a petrifying spring.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a liberty"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Stone CP/AP       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Kibblestone

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