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Past Events

This section is especially for stories and photographs of past events that have taken place 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

Index of Past Events

Click on the events in bold below for more information:

1786	School in Kingston first established
1807	William Morton Pitt sells the Encombe Estate to John Scott, Lord Chancellor, 1st Earl of Eldon
1821	John Scott becomes 1st Earl of Eldon
1831	Reform Riots
1833	Old Church
1835	Encombe Obelisk erected
1835	Eldon Seat erected
1838	Funeral of the 1st Earl of Eldon
1838	John Scott (1805-1854) becomes 2nd Earl of Eldon on his grandfather’s death
1854	Death of 2nd Earl of Eldon
1854	John Scott (1845-1926) becomes 3rd Earl of Eldon
1856	School House erected in memory of the late Earl and Countess of Eldon by their children
1861	Wesleyan Chapel built
1874	Work on New Church starts
1877	Kingston becomes an ecclesiastical parish in its own right
1877	Rev. Spencer Compton Smith becomes first Vicar of Kingston
1880	Work on New Church completed
1889	Fatal Accident of Frederick Candy
1911	Revd. Arthur Wilson Napier becomes Vicar of Kingston
1914	The Great War
1916	Revd. Raymond Alured Bond becomes Vicar of Kingston
1916	James Medd - killed in action 20 August
1916	Henry James Furmage - killed in action 21 August
1917	Harry Stevens - killed in action 16 July
1917	Frederick John Stickland - killed in action 23 August
1917	George Davis - killed in action 1 November
1918	Albert Speck - killed in action 21 March
1918	Robert Grant - killed in action 25 March
1918	David Hooper - killed in action 27 March
1918	Henry Lawrence James - killed in action 30 May
1921	New church conveyed to the Church Commissioners
1926	Death and funeral of Third earl
1928	Revd. Ben Darcey Beeley becomes Vicar of Kingston
1929	Revd. George Cecil Augustus Smith becomes Vicar of Kingston
1932	Revd. Frederick Seymour Horan becomes Vicar of Kingston
1938	Revd. Malcolm de Burgh Scott becomes Vicar of Kingston
1938	Loss of RAF Swordfish on North Hill above Encombe
1939	World War 2
1939	94 children with teachers evacuated to Kingston from London (Loughborough Central School)
1940	25 children evacuated to Kingston from Southampton
1942	Henry Charles Kellaway- killed in action 13 August
1945	Loss of RAF Liberator in Polar Wood
1945	VE Day Celebrations- to be added
1945	Revd. J. H. Jacques becomes Vicar of Kingston
1948	Revd. William Henry Ryder-Jones becomes Vicar of Kingston
1950	Revd. Benjamin Ewart Payne becomes Vicar of Kingston
1953	Coronation Party - to be added
1957	Revd. A. Caulfield-Browne becomes Vicar of Kingston
1960	Revd. H. J. Lloyd becomes Vicar of Kingston
1961	Kingston School closes
1968	Morris Dancing
1991	Organ Restoration
1984	Revd. John Stuart becomes Vicar of Kingston
1991	Revd. Robert Newman Kingsley Watton becomes Vicar of Kingston
1994	Encombe estate bought by Charles McVeigh
2004	Revd. Judith Malins becomes Priest-in-Charge
2009	Encombe estate bought by James Gaggero
2009	Church Fete
2011	Revd. Gaynor Burrett becomes Priest-in-Charge
2011	Phase 1 of Kingston History Project

Over time we will build up this section to produce a ‘timeline’ for Kingston over the centuries.

Do you know of an event not listed? If yes, please email details to us at info@kingstonopc.org.uk