KINGSBRIDGE, a town of the county of Devon, in the hundred of Stanborough, 207 miles from London. It stands at the mouth of Salcomb River, over which is a bridge. It has a good market, which is held on Saturday, is neat and well built, and has a grammar-school endowed. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 1117, in 1811 to 1253, in 1821 to 1430, and in 1831 to 1586.