Kingston (near Corfe Castle)

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Welcome to the website for Kingston (near Corfe Castle), hosted by Martin White, as part of the Dorset Online Parish Clerk network.

 

If you have any information about Kingston which you would like to share, be it stories or old photographs etc., please email us at kingstonopc@ntlworld.com

 

The information on this website is provided for private research only. None of the information may be used for commercial purposes.

 

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Introduction to Kingston

The village of Kingston is screened with woods and, standing at a height of over 400ft is seen far and wide.

 

It is remarkable for its two churches: one disused, built in 1838 by Lord Chancellor Eldon to designs by his son-in-law, Repton.

 

The other is quite elaborate, built in 1880 by the 3rd Earl of Eldon, architect G E Street, and which resembles a miniature early English cathedral.

 

The tower dominates the landscape and inside, the clustered pillars and other details are of Purbeck marble, quarried from Lord Eldon’s estate and worked by his own craftsmen.

 

Until 1877, Kingston was a chapelry of Corfe Castle.

Added in August 2010

• News from Kingston :  August 2010

 

Added in July 2010

• News from Kingston :  July 2010

 

Added in June 2010

• News from Kingston :  June 2010

 

Added in May 2010

• Chapman’s Pool:  Old Postcard View  courtesy of Dave Sansom

• News from Kingston : May 2010

 

Added in April 2010

• News from Kingston : April 2010

 

Added in March 2010

• Did you know?: Kingston Women’s Institute 1952 photo courtesy of Dave Sansom

• News from Kingston : March 2010

• Places: School - more children identified in classroom scene from the 1940s

• Places: School - new photo from early 1940s courtesy of Sheralyn Moule

 

Added in February 2010

• News from Kingston : February 2010

 

Added in January 2010

• Families: Information on the Bugler family courtesy of Ivan Gould

• Families: Further information on the Hunt family courtesy of Lesley Mann

• Families: Hunt family - wedding photograph courtesy of Tony Baker

• News from Kingston : January 2010

• News from Kingston : December 2009

• News from Kingston : November 2009

• News from Kingston : October 2009

 

Added in September 2009:

• Census: 1911 census transcription - complete version

• Families: Information and photographs of the Sansom family

• News from Kingston: September and October news now available

• Past Events:  New index page ready to accept more events from the past

• Places: Kingston Conservation Area - link to appraisal document and maps

 • Places: Lynch - photos of Lower Lynch House and Cottage

• Places: Scoles - old photos showing bee boles and Scoles Gate resident listing

• Places: School - details of admissions 1905 - 1911 added

• Parish Registers: Marriages 1928-1954 transcription

 

 

Added in August 2009:

 • Census: 1861 census transcription

 • Census: 1901 census transcription - Lynch, West Lynch & Scoles added

 • Churches: New Church - further photographs added

 • Churches: New Church - ‘St. James, Kingston - A Jewel in the Purbecks’ added

 • Churches: Old Church - drawing dating from 1884 and photograph added

 • Events: St. James Church Fête 2009 - photographs added

 • Families: Information and photographs of the White family

 • Old Postcards: new postcard views added of West Street  and both churches

 • Places: Chapmans Pool - new page with photos, old postcards & stories

 • Places: Eldon Seat - new page with photos & old sketch

 • Places: Freshwater Steps - new page with photos & stories

  • Places: Houns-Tout  - new page with photos, old postcards & shipwreck details

 • Places: Kingston School photographs c.1900, c1940 & c.1954 added

 • Places: Hill Bottom - old postcards and satellite pictures of coastguard station

 • Places: Swyre Head - new page with photos & old postcards  

  • Places: Vicarages - New Vicarage - drawing dating from 1878 & postcard added

 • War Dead: World War 2 names added plus information on Henry Kellaway

 

Added in July 2009:

 

 • Census: 1871 census transcription

 • Census: 1881 census transcription

 • Census: 1891 census transcription

 • Census: 1911 census data extracts

 • Churches: Brief information added on Wesleyan Chapel

 • Families: Information and photographs of the Cooper family

 • Families: Further nformation and photographs of the Gould family

  • Families: Information and photographs of the Hooper family

 • Graveyards: Inscriptions and photos - first instalments

 • Maps: Aerial view of the village showing key buildings

 • Parish Registers: Marriages 1901-1927 transcription

 

Added in June 2009:

 

 • Site search engine - see below this box

 • Census: 1851 census transcription

 • Did you know? - a new section for lesser known facts about Kingston

 • Events - a new section for information about events - past, present of future

 • Families: Information on the Stickland family from Sheila Ford’s family tree,   

    courtesy of the Swanage Museum

 • Obituaries - a new section for obituary notices over the years

 • Parish Registers: Burials 1877-1977 transcription

 • Parish Registers: Marriages 1867-1900 transcription

 • Photographs of Kingston and environs courtesy of Graham Rains

 • Places: Encombe House - Airline tycoon snaps up Encombe estate

 • War Dead: Additional information about George Davis, Harry Furmage

     & David Hooper courtesy of David Cooper

 

Added in May 2009:

  • Census: 1841 census transcription

  • Families: Information and photographs of the Hunt family

 • Families: Information on the Gould family

 • Families: Information on the fatal accident to Frederick Candy on 2 Jan 1882

 • News from Kingston: April to December 2008 courtesy of The Dubber

  • Parish Magazines: copy for February to December 1914

 • Places: Kingston School class photograph and information

Kingston Church Fete

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday 21 August 2010