Winterborne Kingston

including Winterborne Muston

	Winterborne Kingston is a small parish in Dorset two miles north east of Bere Regis (Beer) and six and a half miles south-south east from Blandford. The village is one of many on the Winterborne, from where the stream rises to when it flows into the Stour at Sturminster Marshall there is Winterborne Houghton, W. Stickland, W. Clenstone, W. Whitechurch, W. Kingston, W. Muston, W. Tomson and W. Zelstone. To the west is the large parish of Bere Regis. The ancient church of St Nicholas is a stone and flint structure in the Early English style.
The church was restored in 1873. The registers begin in 1598 but are imperfect between 1599 & 1613 and between 1675 & 1696. There are 2559 acres of chalky loan which used to grow mainly wheat oats and barley. A National School was constructed in 1876. In 1891 the population was 500 persons. For a more detailed description of the parish go the the Story of Winterborne Kingston page.
The Online Parish Clerk (OPC) for Winterborne Kingston is Jill Morley Jill welcomes enquiries from fellow researchers in the parish and will assist if she can. Jill has further data which is not yet on-line.
Census	1841, 1861, 1881 & 1891 available on line, others to be transcribed, please enquire
Parish Registers	Baptisms *1586-1641 1652-1700* 1700-1813 1814-1837 Marriages 1597-1697* 1753-1812 1814-1836 Burials 1578-1676* 1700-1837 1838-1870* 1898-1910** * Transcribed by Pat Thompson Ros Taylor * Jan Hibberd
Story of Winterborne Kingston	A Brief Story of the Parish mentioning history, the church and past industries.
Postal & Commercial Directories	Directory extracts for 1848, 1859, 1865, 1867, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1889, 1903, 1920, 1931
Land Records	Details of Land Tax for 1842 & 1848 transcribed
Historical Monuments	A list of the Historical Monuments found in the Parish.
Dorset Visitation 1623	This document has details of all the notable families in Dorset in 1623, details can be provided by contacting me.
Other Records	Protestation Returns 1641 Hearth Tax 1662 Wills held at Wiltshire Records Office St Nicholas' Church, list of Curates
Maps	The 1891 Ordnance Survey maps of the parish can be seen at the old-maps site, just enter 'Winterborne Kingston' under place search. For modern location maps visit:- www.multimap.com
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Records held at the Dorset History Centre [Ref PE-WKN]	Registers Christenings 1588-1642, 1652-1700, 1775-1940. Marriages 1597-1640/1, 1648-1676/7, 1696-1697, 1754-1837. Burials 1588-1641, 1648-1676/7, 1696-1697, 1775-1975.
Registration District (for the purpose of civil registration births, marriages, deaths & civil partnerships)	1 Jul 1837-30 Jun 1956: Blandford 1 Jul 1956-31 Mar 1974: Poole 1 Apr 1974-17 Oct 2005: North Dorset

Above: a dwelling that used to the National School. Photograph courtesy of Jill Morley ©2012

St Nicholas Church. Photograph courtesy of Jill Morley ©2017

Above: Winterborne Kingston Church interior circa 1910 courtesy Dave Sansom. Click for large image.

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