Kingston (near Corfe Castle)

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DORSET OPC

Families of Kingston

This section is especially for stories and photographs of the families who have lived in Kingston over the years.

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

The Hooper Family

David Hooper (1843-1922)

David was the son of Thomas Hooper and Sarah Hooper (nee Tatchell) both of Kingston who married in 1839.

David married Emily Sarah White (1845-1905) at Kingston in 1874. Emily was the second daughter of William White and Mary Ann White (nee Roe), both of Kingston.

David & Emily had six children:

The Hunt Family 1

The Gould Family

John Gould (1855-1928) was born in Langton Matravers and married Ann Damen (1855-1899) of Kingston in August 1879.

This is where the connection with Kingston begins, John and Elizabeth Damen moved to Kingston soon after their marriage in 1845. John and Ann had four children, all born in Kingston: Frances Mary (1880), Henry (1884), Helena (1887) and Jessie (1890).  John and Ann Gould both remained in Kingston until their deaths, although John was at Warren House, Studland when his daughter Jessie married in 1918.

The Candy Family

FATAL ACCIDENT TO MR. F. C. CANDY.

On Wednesday night about eleven o’clock Mr. Frederick Charles Candy, in company with Mr. Dennis Dorey, were returning from Swanage to Kingston, the latter driving a spirited horse in a two-wheeled trap. They pulled up at the Eldon Arms, the home of Mr. Candy, and Mr. Dorey alighted, leaving Mr. Candy in the trap. He had barely tucked the reins through the ring of the pad when the horse moved on, slipping on the frosty ground, and started off at once. Mr. Dorey held on to the bridle for about 100 yards, when the shaft struck him in the mouth and knocked him down and the wheel went over him.

The Eldon Family

Funeral of the Earl of Eldon

Yesterday morning at 11 o’clock, the mortal remains of Sir John Scott, Earl of Eldon, were removed from his mansion in Hamilton-place, Piccadilly, for internment in the catacomb attached to the church of the parish of Kingston, in Dorsetshire.

The Cooper Family

William Cooper (1879-1962)

William joined the Royal Navy on 21 March 1898 aged 18 having probably been 'working' as a blacksmith in the village Smithy most likely since leaving school at the age of 10. In the Navy he was given the occupational rate of 'Blacksmith Mate' on 8 January 1900 on completion of his Boy's training. In passing for Blacksmith in 1906 amongst other tests, William made a copper kettle on a metal stand which remains in the family.

The Sansom Family

Henry Charles Sansom  ‘Junior’ (1886-1966)

Henry was born at Kingston but by 1891 was living at Lytchett Minster (Dorset) and recorded as ‘Harry’.

Henry married Sarah Hannah ‘Hannah’ Bartlett who was born around 1884 in Wareham, Dorset. Their son Henry Ernest Sansom was born in Upper Parkstone, near Poole in 1906. By 1911, the ‘Sansom’ family were once again living in Kingston. Caroline Bartlett, Hannah’s step-mother, was living with them.

The Stickland Family

Last year the Swanage Museum were most fortunate to be donated "The Sheila Ford Collection." The late Sheila Ford produced this work before the internet and it is a remarkable body of research. The Museum wishes to thank Yasmin Marsh, Sheila's daughter, for this wonderful donation.

We are very grateful to the Swanage Museum for allowing us to reproduce Sheila Ford’s family tree on the Kingston OPC site.

The Medd Family

The marriage of Augustus Walshe to Hannah Maud Medd took place at Kingston New Church on 28 July 1909 and was conducted by Rev. Spencer-Smith.

The White Family

George and Charlotte had one son, Charles White (1867-1912) born at Kingston. Unfortunately, Charlotte died in 1872 when Charles was just five years old. Charlotte had diabetes and died of a brain haemmorhage. She was operated on shortly before her death on the kitchen table.  Her hair was shaved off and her husband George had this woven into a watch chain that he wore each day. This chain has been passed down through the family.

The Horan Family

Frederick Seymour Horan, known to his family as Seymour, was the Vicar of Kingston from 1932 to 1938. A year after arriving at Kingston, he married his second wife ‘Muriel’. He was aged 68 at the completion of his incumbency, after which Seymour and Muriel lived at Lob’s Clo, Worth and later at Ballard Estate near Studland.

The Hunt Family (2)

Edwin George Hunt (1847-1924) was my Great Grandfather. He was known as ‘George’ and he married Henrietta Tatchell (1845-1933) at Kingston on 11 November 1869.

‘George’ died on 5 April 1924 aged 77 and his widow, Henrietta, died on 16 January 1933 aged 87 at Christchurch. They are buried together in the Lower Graveyard of the Old Church.

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The Loxston Family

Gerald Loxston married Lilian Matilda Bartlett (nee Allen), widow of the late George Edward Bartlett, in 1940. George Bartlett’s mother, Georgina, was publican at the Eldon Arms for almost 50 years. Lilian’s mother was Beatrice Mary Allen nee Bydder who taught at the School in Kingston.

Gerald and Lilian played an important role in the life of Kingston.

The Kent Family were responsible for employing many workers from Kingston in the mid to late nineteenth century. For example, in 1861, James Kent farmed 800 acres at Lynch and employed 22 men and 8 boys, while younger brother Charles Kent farmed 876 acres at Blashenwell and employed 18 men and 7 boys. Ten years later saw William Francis Kent (son of James) farming Afflington and Samuel Scott Kent (son of Charles) farming West Hill.

The Kent Family had been associated with Corfe since the early 1700s.

The Kent Family