Timeline – Kingston Past & Present

Index of past events

1786	School in Kingston first established
1798	Militia List prepared
1807	William Morton PITT sells the Encombe Estate to John SCOTT, Lord Chancellor
1821	John SCOTT becomes FIRST EARL OF ELDON
1831	Reform Riots
1833	Old Church
1835	Encombe Obelisk erected
1835	Eldon Seat erected
1838	Funeral of First Earl
1838	John SCOTT (1805-1854) becomes SECOND EARL OF ELDON on his grandfather’s death
1841	1841 census
1851	1851 census
1854	Death of Second Earl
1854	John SCOTT (1845-1926) becomes THIRD EARL OF ELDON
1856	School House erected in memory of the late (Second) Earl and Countess of Eldon by their children
1861	1861 census
1861	Wesleyan Chapel built
1871	1871 census
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
1881	1881 census
1889	Fatal Accident of Frederick Charles CANDY
1891	1891 census
1901	1901 census
1911	1911 census
1911	Revd. Arthur Wilson NAPIER becomes Vicar of Kingston
1914 – 1918	The Great War
1916	Revd. Raymond Alured BOND becomes Vicar of Kingston
1916	James MEDD – killed in action 20 August – see The Medd Family page for more information
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
1921	1921 Electoral Roll
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
1931	1931 Electoral Roll
1932	Revd. Frederick Seymour HORAN becomes Vicar of Kingston
1934	First Church Fête and Flower Show held at Kingston House
1935	First Church Fête and Flower Show held at Encombe House
1936 [Sep 18]	Andrew Stephen Dorey killed in Encombe gravel pit accident
1938	Revd. Malcolm de Burgh SCOTT becomes Vicar of Kingston
1938	Loss of RAF Swordfish on North Hill above Encombe
1939 – 1945	World War 2
1939	1939 register
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. Harry James 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