Kingswood is a town in South Gloucestershire, England; it is on the eastern outskirts of Bristol (see below). South Gloucestershire is a local government area in South West England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... Bristol is a unitary authority with city and ceremonial county status in South West England. ...

(For the small village of the same name, some 18km to the north of Kingswood town, and just south of Wotton under Edge, see Kingswood, Gloucestershire). Location within the British Isles Wotton-under-Edge is an attractive market town located near the southern end of the Cotswolds in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ... Kingswood is district of South Gloucestershire, England. ...

Formerly the town had a boot and shoe manufacturing industry. In the 18th century it was a small coal mining village where George Whitefield's open-air preaching greatly influenced John Wesley in the founding of Methodism. The construction of a number of chapels and schools by Whitefield, Wesley, and their associates and followers is held to be one of the factors contributing to Kingswood's growth. A pair of classic black leather Dr. Martens. ... Womens shoes on display in a shop window, July 2005 A shoe is an item of footwear. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (strip mining). ... The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine This article is about mineral extraction. ... George Whitefield was a minister in the Church of England and one of the leaders of the Methodist movement. ... John Wesley (June 17, 1703–March 2, 1791) was an 18th-century Anglican clergyman and Christian theologian who founded the Methodist movement. ... The Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity. ...

The town is viewed by many as a suburb of Bristol (hence the common reference to it as Kingswood, Bristol, which is also its postal address). Prior to 1974 much of it was in the administrative county of Gloucestershire, and Kingswood constituted an urban district within that county. In 1974, the new Bristol-based county of Avon was formed. Kingswood UDC was merged with its rural hinterland to form a larger borough of Kingswood, within Avon. The adjacent area of Gloucestershire, renamed as Northavon, was also moved into Avon. With the breakup of Avon in 1996, Kingswood and Northavon were not returned to the administrative county of Gloucestershire but were combined in a new unitary authority of South Gloucestershire. Much of urban Kingswood remains an unparished area. Bristol is a unitary authority with city and ceremonial county status in South West England. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Northavon Bristol Kingswood Woodspring Wansdyke Bath The County of Avon was a short-lived administrative county in the west of England, named after the River Avon which ran through it. ... Categories: UK geography stubs | South Gloucestershire | Avon | Bristol ... Categories: Stub | South Gloucestershire | Avon ... In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...

The present parliamentary constituency of Kingswood also covers a small part of Bristol. Its MP is Roger Berry. Kingswood is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Dr Roger Leslie Berry (born July 4, 1948, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire) is a British politician, and Labour member of Parliament for Kingswood. ...

See also

• Kingswood School
• Kingswood Players
• Whitefield's Tabernacle, Kingswood
• Kingswood (UK Parliament constituency)
• Kingswood, Gloucestershire a village near Wotton-under-Edge
• Kingswood Community Centre
• Bristol Community Church

Kingswood School is an independent day and boarding school in Bath, Somerset. ... Kingswood Players The Kingswood Players are an Amateur Theatre Group whose performance base is the Kingswood Community Centre, Kingswood, Bristol. ... Whitefields Tabernacle is a church in Kingswood, a town on the eastern edge of Bristol where George Whitefield preached in the open air to coal miners. ... Kingswood is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Kingswood is district of South Gloucestershire, England. ... Kingswood Community Centre Owned and run by the Kingswood Community Association, a self financing charity. ... Bristol Community Church formally the Bristol New Covenant Church is a church located in Kingswood, Bristol, England it was founded by Dave Jones in 1984 and has been held in many different venues around the city. ...

External links

• Kingswood's Boot and shoe industry