Meanings
proper noun
- A suburb of Brighton, East Sussex, England (OS TQ3203).
Many years elapsed before the success of Kemp Town as a residential district was assured; the foundations of the estate were laid in 1823, but some houses remained untenanted until the 1850s.
1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 832
Origin
Named after Thomas Read Kemp.
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Kemp Town. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kemp%20Town
MLA
“Kemp Town.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kemp%20Town. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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