KINGSTON, 
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former, twelve from Haverhill, and twenty from Portf- 
mouth. It was incorporated in 1694. 
KING'STON, a townlhip in Luzerne county, Penn- 
fylvania. 
KING'STON, a village in New Jerfey, three miles 
north-eaft of Princeton, and fifteen fouth-welt of Brunf- 
wick; an elevated and pleafant fpot. 
KING'STON, a village in Talbot county, Maryland, 
fituated on the eaftern fide of Choptank River, four miles 
below the Forks. 
KING'STON, formerly called Frontinac, is fituated on 
the northern part of Lake Ontario, at the mouth of its 
outlet Iroquois River; 200 miles fouthward of Montreal, 
and 150 northward of Niagara. Part of Old Fort Fron¬ 
tinac is now Handing, the belt part of which is the maga¬ 
zine. Kingfton contains about 100 houfes. Large vef- 
fels go no farther than this place; thence to Niagara, See. 
ftores and merchandife are conveyed in boats. 
KING'STON, in Africa. “On the 10th of April, 
1809, the firft Hone of a new town, which is to be called 
Kingjlon in Africa , was laid by the governor of Sierra Le¬ 
one, on the banks of a ft ream, denominated Hog-brook. 
The fituation, about five miles directly inland, appears 
to be favourable on account of the quality of the foil in 
its neighbourhood, and alfo in regard to water, being an 
angle formed by the largeft ltream of frefli water known 
to exilt within the colony. A number of natives, em¬ 
ployed upon the new road, which has been already cut to 
this place, having built houfes, and collected a quantity 
of live-ltock, at the foot of Leicefter Mountain, about 
half-way between the new and old fettlements; they have 
been encouraged to fettle in this pofition, and the place 
lias received the name of Leicefer. Some progrefs has alfo 
been made here in the eftablifhment of a fchool of cadets, 
in which it is propoled to educate a number of African 
boys, who may hereafter form the officers of an African 
army. A barrack in Fort Thornton has been appropri¬ 
ated to the ufe of thefe cadets; and, in addition to one of 
the fchoolmafters fent out by the Britifh government, an 
experienced ferjeant of the African corps has been ap¬ 
pointed to fuperintend them. The haven of this fettle- 
ment is undergoing coniiderable alteration ; and it is ex¬ 
pected that it will be found practicable to extend it to 
near four times its original fize.” Monthly Mag. for No¬ 
vember 1809. 
KING'STON, or Phil'ipstown. See Killaderry, 
p. 716. 
KING'STON upon HULL'. See Hull, vol. x. 
KING'STON LI'SLE, a village in the parifii of Wan¬ 
tage, Berks, in a fine fporting-country, at the edge of the 
finelt part of the downs ; with a fair July 25 : five miles 
from Wantage. 
KING'STON-RUS'SEL, a market-town in the county 
of Dorfet, and near Dorchefter. It has a market every 
Thurfday, and a fair on St. Matthew’s day. The manor 
is held by ferjeantry, to be Cup-bearer to the king at the 
four principal fealts of the year. Here is a fine feat of 
the Michels ; and on the top of a hill, a little north-eaft, 
is a fmall imperfect fortification of a fquare form ; and on 
the downs near it are a valt number of barrows. The 
ehapel-walls only remain. 
Kinglton-Maurvvood, is eaft of Dorchefter; there is a 
fine feat belonging to the family of Pitt. North-Kingfton 
is a chapelry to the parifh Bere Regis. The chapel is 
large, conlifiing of a chancel, body, and north aille, with 
a tower and bells. 
KING'STON uroN THAMES, a market-town in Sur¬ 
rey, 11 {- miles louth-weft from London, is, as its name 
implies, fituated on the banks of the Thames, over which 
is a wooden bridge to Hampton Wick ; and confifts of 
two principal Itreets and feveral fmaller ones. The erec¬ 
tion of modern houfes, intermixed with thofe of a more 
ancient date, gives an appearance of irregularity rather 
difagreeable. The church is .a fpacious ltrufture. The 
lent county-allifes are generally holden here in the town- ‘ 
hall. The town formerly fent members to parliament, 
till by petition the inhabitants prayed to be relieved from 
the burden! The chief trade of the place confifts in corn, 
meal, and malt, which are here purchafed in large quan¬ 
tities. Kingfton was either a royal refidence, or a royal 
demefne, fo early as the union of the Saxon heptarchy ; 
for there is a record extant of a council held there in 838, 
at which Egbert, the firft king of all England, and his 
fon Athelwolf, w'ere prefent; and in this record it is 
ftyled Kyningenfun, farnofa ilia locus. Some of our Saxon 
kings were alfo crowned here; and clofe to the north fide 
of the church is a large ftone, on which, according to 
tradition, they were placed during the ceremony. Ad¬ 
joining to the fame fide was formerly a chapel, in which 
were the figures of fome of the Saxon kings that were 
crowned here, and alfo that of king John, who gave the 
inhabitants their firft charter. Of thefe kings Mr. Lyfons 
gives the following account, on the authority of our an¬ 
cient hiftorians, viz. Edward the Elder, crowned A. D. 
900; his fon Athelftan, in 925; Edmund in 940; Eldred, 
or Edred, in 946; Edwy, or Edwin, in 955; Edward the 
Martyr, in 975 ; and Ethelred, in 978 ; Edgar, who fuc- 
ceeded to the throne in 959, is faid to have been crowned 
either at Kingfton or at Bath. In the inferiptions over 
thefe figures, fome of them were faid to be crowned in the 
market-place, and others in the,chapel; but no particular 
fpot is mentioned in the old-chronicles. Thefe figures 
were deftroyed by the fall of the chapel in 1730; at w hich 
time Abraham Hammerton, the fexton of this parifh, 
digging a grave, was buried under the ruins, with ano¬ 
ther perfon, and his daughter Efther : the latter, not- 
withltanding (lie lay covered feven hours, furvived this 
misfortune feventeen years, and was her father’s fuccef- 
for. The memory of this event is preferved by a print of 
this lingular woman, engraved by M'Ardell. Here is a 
free fchool, founded by queen Elizabeth, the fchool-rootn 
of which is an ancient chapel that belonged to the de- 
molifhed hofpital of St. Mary Magdalen. Here alfo is an 
almfhoufe, built, in 1768, by alderman Cleave, for fix 
men, and as many women. In this place is Canbury- 
lioufe, the feat of John Henry Parker, efq. near which is 
a fpacious barn, in w'hich twelve teams may unload at 
once : it has four entrances, four thrafhing floors, and 
is fupported by twelve pillars. In 1769 an aft of parlia¬ 
ment was obtained for feparating the parifhrchurch of 
Kingfton, and its dependent chapels of Richmond, Moulf- 
ley, Thames Ditton, Peterfham, and Kew, and forming 
the whole parifh into two vicarages and two perpetual 
curacies. Here is a weekly market on Saturdays. The 
fairs are Whit-Thurfday ; 1 Black-cherry fair, Auguft 2 ; 
and Holiand-tide fair, November 13, which continues 
nine days. In the year 1801, the number of inhabitants 
was 3793, of whom 447 were employed in trade and ma- 
nufaftures: eighteen miles north-north-eait of Guildford, 
and twelve fouth-weft of London. Lat. 31.23. N. Ion. 
o. 18. W. 
Coombe Neville is a manor of Kingfton, fo called from 
William Neville, who was in pofleffion of it in the reign 
of Edward II. Sir Thomas Vincent is laid to have built 
the old manor-houfe, where queen Elizabeth honoured 
him with a vifit in 1602. It was afterwards in the family 
of Harvey, with an ancient gentleman of which name 
king William would often go a-hawking in the warren 
oppofite the houfe. The manor is now the property of 
earl Spencer. Near the fite of the old manfion (which 
was pulled down in 1752) is Coombe-houfe, the refidence 
of major Tollemache; and not far from this are fome re- 
fervoirs of water, conftrufted by cardinal Wolfey, to fup- 
ply Hampton-court. The water is conveyed under the 
Thames, by pipes of a particular conftruftion. It is 
much efteemed as efficacious in the gravel ; is excellent 
for drinking and wafhing ; but, as it turns the vegetables 
that are boiled in it black, it is unfit for culinary pur- 
pofes. 
Efher is a village four miles fouth-weft from Kingfton, 
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