Kington Magna Dorset Family History Guide

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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.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

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].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Dorset, Kington Magna – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Kington Magna, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Dorset, Kington Magna – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Kington Magna., 1731-1877
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kington Magna (Dorsetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1763-1790
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kington-Magna (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Kington-Magna, 1670-1985
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kington-Magna (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, Kington-Magna – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Militia papers, 1779-1807
Author: Kington-Magna (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Kington-Magna – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Miscellaneous civil records, 1694-1854
Author: Kington-Magna (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Kington-Magna – Public records ( 1 )
Miscellaneous civil records, 1694-1854
Author: Kington-Magna (Dorset)

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