Kington Magna Dorset Family History Guide
Kington Magna is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Other places in the parish include: Nyland.
Alternative names: Great Kington, Kingston Magna
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1670
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
KINGTON-MAGNA, a village and a parish in the district of Wincanton and county of Dorset. The village stands near the river Cale, the London, Yeovil, and Exeter railway, and the boundary with Somerset, 3½ miles WSW of Gillingham r. station, and 6½ W of Shaftesbury; and has a post-office under Bath.
The parish extends across the Cale, to the boundary with Somerset; and includes the tything of Nyland. Acres, 1,891. Real property, with Buckhorn-Weston, £7, 920. Rated property of K. M. alone, £3, 807. Pop. in 1851, 652; in 1861, 552. Houses, 112. The property is much subdivided.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £532. Patrons, Trustees. The church is ancient and was recently restored. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Wincanton
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Shaftesbury
- Poor Law Union: Wincanton
- Hundred: Redland
- Province: Canterbury