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- |
1841 |
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1851 |
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1854 |
Death of Second Earl |
1854 |
John SCOTT (1845- |
1856 |
School House erected in memory of the late (Second) Earl and Countess of Eldon by their children |
1861 |
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1861 |
Wesleyan Chapel built |
1871 |
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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 |
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1889 |
Fatal Accident of Frederick Charles CANDY |
1891 |
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1901 |
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1911 |
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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 – |
1916 |
Henry James FURMAGE – |
1917 |
Harry STEVENS – |
1917 |
Frederick John STICKLAND – |
1917 |
George DAVIS – |
1918 |
Albert SPECK – |
1918 |
Robert GRANT – |
1918 |
David HOOPER – |
1918 |
Henry Lawrence JAMES – |
1921 |
New church conveyed to the Church Commissioners |
1921 |
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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 |
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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 – |
1945 |
Loss of RAF Liberator in Polar Wood |
1945 |
VE Day Celebrations– |
1945 |
Revd. J. H. JACQUES becomes Vicar of Kingston |
1948 |
Revd. William Henry RYDER- |
1950 |
Revd. Benjamin Ewart PAYNE becomes Vicar of Kingston |
1953 |
Coronation Party – |
1957 |
Revd. A. CAULFIELD- |
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- |
2009 |
Encombe estate bought by James GAGGERO |
2009 |
Church Fete |
2011 |
Revd. Gaynor BURRETT becomes Priest- |
2011 |
Phase 1 of Kingston History Project |