Kingston, Isle of Wight

Human settlement in England

Shorwell

Unitary authority

Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNewport Postcode districtPO30Dialling code01983Police Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight Ambulance Isle of Wight UK Parliament

Isle of Wight

List of places: UK; England; Isle of Wight

50°37′47″N 01°19′28″W / 50.62972°N 1.32444°W / 50.62972; -1.32444

Kingston is a small settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shorwell, on the Isle of Wight, England, located 5 miles southwest of Newport in the southwest of the island, an area known as the Back of the Wight. In 1931 the parish had a population of 50.^[1] On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Shorwell.^[2]

Formerly a separate Anglican parish, with its own parish church, St. James' Church,^[3] Kingston is now amalgamated with the adjacent Anglican parish of Shorwell, as Shorwell with Kingston.^[4]

References

^ "Population statistics Kingston CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Kingston CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
^ "Parishes: Kingston | British History Online".
^ "Home". fivechurches.org.uk.