Kingston (near Corfe Castle)

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DORSET OPC

Post Office and Village Pump

Kelly’s Directory of 1889 stated:

POST OFFICE: Thomas Swan Meed, receiver. Letters arrive from Wareham at 5.45 a.m.; dispatched at 8.10 p.m. Corfe Castle is the nearest money order & telegraph office. Postal orders are issued here but not paid.

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Postmasters

1861 - Post Office

James Roe  (age 50) - Schoolmaster & sub-postmaster

Planning Applications:

6/1986/0117 - 21 February 1986 - Approved 3 April 1986

Mrs. P. C. Deighton,

West Street (16-The Post Office), Kingston.

Change use of rear room to tea room with use of existing kitchen and cloakroom.

6/1986/0733 15 October 1986 A 2 December 1986

Mrs. P. C. Deighton,

West Street (16-The Post Office), Kingston. (Corfe Castle)

Change use of rear Tea Room to Post Office and General Store, change use of front Post Office and General Store to Tea Room.

6/1990/0121 19 February 1990 A 4 April 1990

Mrs. P. C. Burton-Page,

West Street (Kingston Post Office), Kingston, Corfe Castle. (Corfe Castle)

Change use of post office and tea room by incorporating into residential dwelling.