| Name | West Kington |
| Alt names | West Kington Wick | source: hamlet in parish |
| Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 51.507°N 2.259°W |
| Located in | Wiltshire, England ( - 1934) |
| See also | Chippenham Hundred, Wiltshire, England | hundred in which it was located | | Chippenham Rural, Wiltshire, England | rural district, 1894 - 1934 | | Nettleton, Wiltshire, England | civil parish into which it was absorbed in 1934 | | North Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England | 1974-2009 | | Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England | 2009-- |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
West Kington is a village in Nettleton civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is close to the county boundary with Gloucestershire and 6 miles (10 km) southeast of the Gloucestershire market town of Chipping Sodbury. West Kington was a separate civil parish until 1934.
The village is in the steeply wooded valley of the Broadmead Brook, a source of the Bybrook River.
The hamlet of West Kington Wick is 0.6 miles (0.97 km) southeast of the village.
Before becoming Bishop of Worcester, Hugh Latimer (1487-1555) was vicar of West Kington church from 1531, prior to the controversy in the Reformation which led to his martyrdom in Oxford.
Research Tips
- From this Ancestry page you can browse the Wiltshire parishes which have parish register transcripts online, quite often from very early dates. However, reading the early ones requires skill and patience. Transcriptions should also be in FamilySearch.
- A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Wiltshire.
Research Tips
Categories: Wiltshire, England | West Kington, Wiltshire, England | Chippenham Hundred, Wiltshire, England | Chippenham Rural, Wiltshire, England | Nettleton, Wiltshire, England | North Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England | Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, England |
