Kingston, Kent
| Kingston | |
| Kent | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Church Lane, Kingston | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TR198513 |
| Location: | 51°13’9"N, 1°8’48"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 471 (2011) |
| Post town: | Canterbury |
| Postcode: | CT4 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Canterbury |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Canterbury |
Kingston is a village between Canterbury and Dover in the east of Kent. The wider parish contains the hamlet of Marley.
The village is centred five miles south-east of the city centre of Canterbury on the edge of the North Downs in rolling hilly countryside that is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The tower of a windmill stands some distance from the village.
History
The Kingston Brooch, an important piece of Anglo-Saxon jewellery dating from the 7th Century, was discovered in a Tumulus on Kingston Downs in 1771 by the Reverend Bryan Faussett (1720–1776), then Rector of Kingston. It is just over three inches in diameter, made of gold, with garnet, blue glass and shell settings. It is now on display in the World Museum, Liverpool.
Parish church
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The local church, St Giles, originated during the 11th century. 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.[1]
, and is now part of the Barham Downs group of churches
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