Kensal Town

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Kensal Town is a district of London, England. It is located at the boundary of the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, at grid reference TQ243821. It is included in the W postcode area and was first recorded in 1876 as Kensal New Town.[1]

Added note: Kensal Town is recorded in the 1861 England Census as the birthplace of a resident of St. Pancras and in the 1851 Census as a village in its own right.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mills, A., Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names, (2001)

2. 1851 England Census 3. 1861 England Census