Kingston

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Kingston is a hamlet in Dorset

Parish/Community: Corfe Castle
District/Borough: Purbeck
County: Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°36'57"N 2°3'49"W
Eastings/Northings: 395595, 79593
OS Grid: SY955795
Mapcode Local: GBR 33V.72R
Mapcode Global: FRA 67KF.XHT

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Kingston within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Kingston in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Kingston, eccl. dist. and 6½ miles SE. of Wareham; P.O.; in vicinity is the seat of Kingston Hall.

Kingston in the Domesday Book

A village in Ailwood hundred, in the county of Dorset.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Shaftesbury St Edward & St Mary
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Shaftesbury; King William
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Shaftesbury; King William; William of Braose (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 16 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1070; £23 in 1086
- Households: 22 villagers; 16 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 18 men's ploughs (20 plough lands)
- Meadow: 12 acres
- Pasture: 1 league
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Kingston, Dorset

Kingston is a hamlet in Dorset

Kingston in historic gazetteers

Kingston in the Domesday Book