Kingston, Kent

Kingston
Kingston  Kingston shown within Kent
Area	5.12 km^2 (1.98 sq mi)
Population	471 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
– density	92/km^2 (240/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TR198513
Civil parish	Kingston
District	City of Canterbury
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CANTERBURY
Postcode district	CT4
Dialling code	01227
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Canterbury
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Coordinates: 51°13′09″N 1°08′48″E / 51.2193°N 1.1467°E

Kingston is a village and civil parish between Canterbury and Dover in Kent, South East England.

Geography

The village is centred 5 miles south east of the city centre of Canterbury on the edge of the North Downs in rolling hilly countryside that is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

History

The ‘Kingston Brooch’, an important piece of Anglo-Saxon jewelry dating from the 7th Century, was discovered in a Tumulus on Kingston Downs in 1771 by Rev’d. Brian Faussett who was Rector of Kingston. It is 8 cm in diameter, made of gold, with garnet, blue glass and shell settings. Now on display in the World Museum, Liverpool.

Religious sites

The local church, dedicated to Saint Giles, originated during the 11th century, and is now part of the Barham Downs group of churches. The walls of the nave and about two-thirds of the present chancel are thought to be original, the chancel being extended in the 13th century. The font is also said to date from the 13th Century.^[2] The tower of a windmill stands some distance from the village.

Notable people

Sheila May Edmonds, mathematician, was born here in 1916^[3]

External links

• Kingston Parish Church

References

1. Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom Census 2011 Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013
2. Kingston, Canterbury
3. "Times obituary". www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-11.