Kingston (near Corfe Castle)

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Added in November 2011

•  Guestbook: message from Judy Forgan

Added in October 2011

•  News from Kingston :  September 2011

Added in August 2011

•  News from Kingston :  July & August 2011

Added in June 2011

•  Guestbook: message from Paul Hooper re: Hooper family

•  News from Kingston :  June 2011

•  Probate Records of former Kingston residents after 1858:

  Richard Tizzard died 7 October 1915

Added in May 2011

•  Guestbook: message from Andrew Plaster re: Hooper family

•  History Project - report on Easter Monday exhibition

   plus chance to see display online

•  News from Kingston :  May 2011

•  Probate Records of former Kingston residents after 1858:

  Richard St George BYDDER died 18 July 1920

  James FARWELL died 19 Jan 1908

  Elizabeth Mary PARMITER (nee Kent) died 22 Feb 1861

  Elizabeth SLADE (nee Parmiter) died 17 February 1894

  Coming Shortly:

•  Census - 1803 - including alphabetical index

Added in April 2011

•  Kellys Directory -  extracts from 1875 directory

•  News from Kingston :  April 2011

•  News from Kingston :  March 2011

Added in February 2011

•  Census - 1790 - including alphabetical index

•  Census - 1901 alphabetical index

• Families : The Kent Family
• Families : The Loxston Family

• News from Kingston :  February 2011

• Probate Records of former Kingston

   residents after 1858

 John Ivamy BEAVES died 26 February 1939

 William Luckham BEAVES died 29 March 1929

 Sarah Anne COOPER died 14 December 1933

 Arthur Purcell DAMER died 13 January 1941

 Thomas Senneck FOOT died 14 April 1885

 William John Frederick HIBBS died 26 May 1940

 George KENT died 6 April 1904

 Hester KENT died 25 January 1922

 James KENT died 20 January 1882

 James Talbot KENT died 8 October 1905

 William Dugdale KENT died 24 February 1926

 William Francis KENT died 8 August 1913

 Rachel Adele SCOTT died 11 December 1869

 Edmund Alfred TATCHELL died 30 December 1932

 Lavinia TATCHELL died 9 May 1933

Added in January 2011

• Families : The Horan Family
• Families : The Hunt Family [2]

• News from Kingston :  January 2011

• News from Kingston :  December 2010

Updated in January 2011

• Past Events

• Probate Records of former Kingston residents after 1858

  Charles BARTLETT died 16 August 1925

  Edith BEAVES died 14 December 1935

Added in October 2010

• Families: Further photograph of the Sansom family

• News from Kingston :  November 2010

• News from Kingston :  October 2010

Added in September 2010

• Families: Further information and photographs of the Gould family

 • Probate Records of former Kingston residents after 1858

  Beatrice Mary ALLEN died 24 March 1940

  George Edward BARTLETT died 1 February 1939

  Alice Young CHINCHEN died 15 December 1932

  Robert DAMER died 20 May 1924

  Gilbert Victor DOREY died 27 December 1938

  Stephen DOREY died 30 December 1906

  Ann Goodchild DUGDALE died 3 January 1905

  John Goodchild died 21 March 1893

  George Kellaway HOLLAND died 12 January 1915

  Thomas Eastman JOYCE died 28 December 1936

  Sarah Augusta Ellen KENT died 9 June 1873

  George LANGTREE died 21 May 1928

  Martha LANGTREE died 26 March 1920

  Charles LININGTON died 6 March 1891

  Elizabeth Jane ROSE died 19 December 1935

  Lambert Horsfield ROSE died 21 April 1934

  Lily Jane STICKLAND died 14 March 1940

  Thomas TRENT died 17 November 1918

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 was featured in the January 2011 issue of Dorset Life magazine. Pages 6 to 9 show eleven present-day photographs captured by Ken Ayres including the Scott Arms, the Old School House, the New Church, the Village Pump, cottages in West Street, South Street and The Lane and the Obelisk.

Click here to see the online version.

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 info@kingstonopc.org.uk

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

Terry Hardy proudly showing part of the display

to Revd. Gaynor Burrett

What a treat was in store for well over a hundred people who visited St. James on Easter Monday afternoon. Terry Hardy had mounted a fabulous display depicting many aspects of the church building, its history & unique features.

It was clear Terry had invested so much time to bring the project to life. George Pitman was absolutely right about the excellence of the photographs.

If you were not able to attend on the day, you now have the opportunity to view the display - simply watch the slideshow presentation or download in pdf format to appreciate Terry’s images in greater depth.

St. James Kingston - Illustrated History Project

Exhibition at St. James on Easter Monday 2011

CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS AND TO SEE THE DISPLAY

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