Kingston upon Thames (historically)

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former county town historic market town settlement

Kingston upon Thames (historically) is an ancient market town on the River Thames in southwest London that long served as the county town and administrative center of Surrey.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kingston upon Thames	14
Kingston upon Thames, London, England	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former county town ⓘ historic market town ⓘ settlement ⓘ
ceremonialCounty	Greater London ⓘ
country	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
distanceFrom	approximately 10 miles southwest of Charing Cross ⓘ
function	administrative centre of Surrey ⓘ
governedBy	Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Council ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	ancient settlement ⓘ
hasCulturalVenue	Kingston Museum ⓘ Rose Theatre Kingston ⓘ Stanley Picker Gallery ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	market trading ⓘ retail centre ⓘ
hasFeature	market town ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole	royal town associated with Saxon kings ⓘ
hasInstitution	Kingston University ⓘ
hasLandmark	All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames ⓘ Coronation Stone ⓘ Kingston Bridge ⓘ
hasMarket	Kingston Ancient Market ⓘ
hasNeighbour	Ham ⓘ Norbiton ⓘ Richmond upon Thames ⓘ Teddington ⓘ surface form: Surbiton Teddington ⓘ
hasPark	Canbury Gardens ⓘ Fairfield Recreation Ground ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea	KT1 ⓘ KT ⓘ surface form: KT2
hasShoppingCentre	The Bentall Centre ⓘ
hasShoppingStreet	Clarence Street, Kingston upon Thames ⓘ
hasStatus	major metropolitan centre in London Plan ⓘ
historicCounty	Surrey ⓘ
historicFunction	administrative centre for Surrey Quarter Sessions ⓘ judicial centre for Surrey ⓘ
locatedIn	southwest London ⓘ
locatedOn	Thames ⓘ surface form: River Thames
partOf	London commuter belt ⓘ Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames ⓘ
region	Greater London ⓘ
riverBank	north bank of the River Thames ⓘ
servedAs	county town of Surrey ⓘ
transport	Kingston bus station ⓘ Kingston railway station ⓘ