Publications

Kingston – A South Hams Village (Reprinted 2018) (A4.) £5.00

Kingston Remembered (Reprinted 2018)(A4) £6.00

Kingston Remembered – short version printed 1987 (A5 lansdcape) A few remaining £2.00

Memories of the Second World War 1939 – 1945 (A4)

Kingston Local History Society members and their relations have contributed to this publication by sharing their memories of the Second World War. It is a collection of random stories, anecdotes, photos and documents. One or two come from personal experience.

£6.50

Back Along in Kingston with Viv Freeman. Available in the Dolphin Pub (A5) £1.50

DVD Preserving Kingston’s Past

Nine short films about Kingston’s past and interviews with residents

£5.00

Early Kingston by Mary Petter (A5)

Two Hundred Years Ago – a fascinating attempt to discover what life was like in Kingston in 1787.
Kingston Defended – the preparations made against invasion in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
A Charter of King Aethelwulf – which refers back to the year 846

£2.00

The church of St. James the Less, Kingston (A5) £1.00

Kingston Church Bells (A5)

(Some copies available in the church) £0.50

Inscriptions on the Headstones of the Church of St. James the Less Kingston, South Devon by William Scarratt

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William King Master Mariner born Saltercrease on the Erme Estuary 1816 died Salcombe 1883 by William Scarratt

An account of the life of a master mariner of humble origins in sail and steam

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The Brig Okenbury by William Scarratt

An account of the brig Okenbury, of 247 tons burden, built in Salcombe in 1869, broken up in Victoria, Australia in 1931

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