KLHS members have worked hard over the years researching, recording and collating an archive of historical material related to the village and its inhabitants. The archive contains photographs, legal documents, personal accounts and other valuable information that tells the back story of our community, The volume of material is simply too great for us to make all of it available here, but below you can access a selection of records that might be of interest to anyone carrying out genealogical research.
Parish Registers
It was in the pre-computer era that KLHS members began the major task of transcribing the Parish Registers. In subsequent years additional handwritten transcriptions have been made from time to time, resulting in a partial record of births, marriages and deaths in the parish. NB Inevitably some errors will have been made during the transcription process, so to ensure accuracy any entries should be checked against to the original records – now held in the County Records Office in Exeter. Below you will find links that open new pages where the scanned images of those transcripts can be viewed.
- Births 1634 – 1828 Scanned images of transcripts by date for births and christenings (opens a new tab)
- Marriages 1631-1836 Scanned images of transcripts of marriages (opens a new tab}
- Marriages 1837-1930 Scanned images of transcripts of marriages (opens a new tab)
- Reading of Banns 1824-1932 Scanned images of transcripts of banns (opens a new tab)
- Deaths 1630-1806 Scanned images of transcripts by date of deaths and burials (opens a new tab)
You might find it easier to search for specific entries by using these index files in the form of downloadable Excel files
- Index of Marriages 1631-1927 listed by date
- Index of Births and baptisms 1634 – 1813 listed by date
- Index of Marriages 1732-1836 listed by surname
- Index of Burials 1630 – 1725 listed by surname
- Index of Baptisms 1635 – 1732 listed by surname
Gravestones survey
A 2007 survey of St. James the Less churchyard by William Scarratt resulted in a comprehensive list of named gravestones. A limited number of copies have been made in book form and the linked pages have been extracted from this.
- Survey of Gravestones A long document split over several pages (opens a new tab)
Old photos and postcards
The archive contains many photographs. Here you can see a small selection of historic photographs and postcards showing life in and around the village from the late Victorian period onwards (opens a new tab)
Our wider Archive
The wider archive of Kingston village is still growing, and is currently being re-catalogued by members. This is an index of the main contents of the archive as it stood in 2018.
Index of wider archive contents to view as a pdf file or download as an Excel file
To view or access any of the contents of the wider archive, please get in touch. Please note that as a small group of volunteers we may not be able to respond immediately. If we can’t provide the answer you need we will usually try to point you in the right direction. If you have a question that requires research, we’d be grateful if you would consider making a donation towards our costs.
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