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KINGSTON, a village in Corfe-Castle parish, Dorset; 1½ mile S by W of Corfe-Castle town. It has a postoffice under Wareham, and a chapel of ease. Encombe House, the seat of Lord Eldon, is in the southwestern vicinity.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Corfe Castle Parish Dorset Ancient County |
| Place: | Kingston |
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