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Kingston
Location within the Isle of Wight
OS grid reference SZ47968130
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Newport
Postcode district PO30
Dialling code 01983
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50°37′47″N01°19′28″W / 50.62972°N 1.32444°W / 50.62972; -1.32444

Kingston is a small settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shorwell, on the Isle of Wight, England, located 5 miles southwest of Newport in the southwest of the island, an area known as the Back of the Wight. In 1931 the parish had a population of 50. [1] On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Shorwell. [2]

Formerly a separate Anglican parish, with its own parish church, St. James' Church, [3] Kingston is now amalgamated with the adjacent Anglican parish of Shorwell, as Shorwell with Kingston. [4]

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References

  1. "Population statistics Kingston CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  2. "Relationships and changes Kingston CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  3. "Parishes: Kingston | British History Online".
  4. "Home". fivechurches.org.uk.