KINGSCLERE, a town of the county of Hants, in the hundred of the same name, fifty-four miles from London. There is a good market, which is held on Tuesday. The chief trade is in malting for the London brewers. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 1939, in 1811 to 1863, in 1821 to 2296, and in 1831 to 2532, and with the chapels of Eccchinswell and Sidmonton, 3151.