Kingston in the Purbeck Hills
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Update History
Added in February 2013
• Families: The Barnes Family -
Added in January 2013
• News from Kingston : January 2013
• Probate: William Charles COOPER died 8 April 1962
Added in December 2012
• News from Kingston : December 2012
• Old Postcard View: The White Gates in West street, c.1910 courtesy of Dave Sansom
• Places: Swyre Head -
Added in October 2012
• News from Kingston : November 2012
Added in September 2012
• Churches: New Church -
• Guestbook message : Alison Prior researching the HUSSEY family
• Guestbook message : Val Snelling researching ANDREWS & HOLLAND families
• News from Kingston : October 2012
• Obituary Notice: Colin Henry SANSOM died 22 Sepetmber 2012
• Probate: Harry Elisha PRIOR died 25 November 1951
• Probate: Kathleen Vera PRIOR died 5 August 1951
• Will: Thomas GOODCHILD died 10 February 1849
Added in August 2012
• Census : Index to 1841 Census
• Census : Index to 1861 Census
• Census : Index to 1871 Census
• Census : Index to 1881 Census
• Census : Index to 1891 Census
• Guestbook message : Sarah Holland researching GRANT & TATCHELL families
• News from Kingston : September 2012
• News from Kingston : August 2012
• Probate: Margaret CHESSELL neé GOODCHILD died 16 May 1891
• Probate: Henry Collins GOODCHILD died 18 January 1898
• Probate: Henry Frank ‘Frank’ TATCHELL died 2 October 1918
Added in July 2012
• Can you help? : Andrew Mooney needs help with a photo of Henry ‘Ernie’ HUNT
• Can you help? : Belinda Norman needs help identifying children in this school photo
• News from Kingston : July 2012
Added in May 2012
• News from Kingston : June 2012
• News from Kingston : May 2012
• Places: Chapman’s Pool -
Added in April 2012
• News from Kingston : April 2012
• Peculiar Records -
Added in March 2012
• News from Kingston : March 2012
• News from Kingston : February 2012
• News from Kingston : January 2012
• News from Kingston : December 2011
• News from Kingston : November 2011
• News from Kingston : October 2011
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 -
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
Added in April 2011
• Kellys Directory -
• News from Kingston : April 2011
• News from Kingston : March 2011
Added in February 2011
• Census -
• Census -
• 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
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
• News from Kingston : January 2011
• News from Kingston : December 2010
• 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
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 -
• Places: School -
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 -
• 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 -
• 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 -
• Places: Lynch -
• Places: Scoles -
• Places: School -
• Parish Registers: Marriages 1928-
Added in August 2009
• Census: 1861 census transcription
• Census: 1901 census transcription -
• Churches: New Church -
• Churches: New Church -
• Churches: Old Church -
• Events: St. James Church Fête 2009 -
• Families: Information and photographs of the WHITE family
• Old Postcards: new postcard views of West Street and both churches
• Places: Chapmans Pool -
• Places: Eldon Seat -
• Places: Freshwater Steps -
• Places: Houns-
• Places: Kingston School photographs c.1900, c1940 & c.1954 added
• Places: Hill Bottom -
• Places: Swyre Head -
• Places: Vicarages -
• 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 -
• Maps: Aerial view of the village showing key buildings
• Parish Registers: Marriages 1901-
Added in June 2009
• Site search engine -
• Census: 1851 census transcription
• Did you know? -
• Events -
• Families: Information on the STICKLAND family from Sheila Ford’s family tree,
courtesy of the Swanage Museum
• Obituaries -
• Parish Registers: Burials 1877-
• Parish Registers: Marriages 1867-
• Photographs of Kingston and environs courtesy of Graham Rains
• Places: Encombe House -
• 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