Kingston, Purbeck

Kingston is a small village on the peninsula Isle of Purbeck in Dorset in the south of England.

Location

The municipality is part of the Purbeck County. Kingston is located about 2 kilometers south of Corfe Castle and about 8 kilometers west of Swanage. The village of Kingston is surrounded by forests and lies at an altitude of about 120 meters above sea level. From a distance, the village is very good to see.

History

The village

The village is notable because it has two churches. Since the 12th century, until 1877 Kingston was a chapel site in the parish of Corfe Castle. The chapel stood on the east side of the village and was served by the rector of Corfe Castle or his assistant.

The inn dates back to 1787. Originally it was called the New Inn. His name was in the early 1800s to Eldon Arms changed. After the Second World War the name was changed again and is now called The Scott Arms.

The first school in Kingston was founded on September 24, 1786. The school building was erected in memory of the late Earl and Countess Eldon by her children in 1856. The school building could accommodate up to 100 children and had an apartment for the School Director. The old schoolhouse building is now used in privately owned and as a residence.

The old church

In 1833, replaced John Scott 1st Earl of Eldon ( 1751-1838 ), ( later Lord Chancellor Eldon ), the chapel, at its own expense, with the Church ( Old Church of St. James ) which to this day still at the point is. It was designed by his son George Repton. Largely it follows the plan of the replaced chapel. The church was surrounded by many graves. The first Earl and his wife are buried in the cemetery. It was used until 1912 as a village church. After it was replaced, the old church remained for many years as a church hall in use, then it remained unused. In the period from 1977 to 1979, she was converted into a residential building.

The new church

The other church, St James Church is thought quite expensive. It was built in 1874 and completed in 1880. Builder was John Scott of the 3rd Earl of Eldon ( 1845-1926 ) and architect was the famous church architect George Edmund Street ( 1824-1881 ). St James Church is like a miniature of early English cathedral and its tower dominates the landscape. The tower is a disproportionate relative to the rest of the church. It is large enough to contain a full peal of eight bells. The bells were in 1880 by John Taylor & Co., Loughborough, built and installed. Inside the church, the cluster columns, as well as many other details of Purbeck marble are built. The Purbeck stone and marble comes good quarry Lord Eldon 's Encombe and was processed by his own craftsmen.

The new St James Church, the existing church was not replaced immediately. For over forty years, it was used as a chapel of the Eldon family. In April 1921 Lord Eldon gave the church and the cemetery to the Church Commissioners. On October 11, 1921 she was ordained by Bishop Jocelyne. The Commissioners replaced the old church in January 1922 by the new one.

The Chapel

There was also a Wesleyan chapel at the foot of Kingston Hill. It is now a residential building in private ownership.