Kingston, Isle of Wight
Historical Description
Kingston, a village in Hants. The village is in Portsea parish, stands 1 mile NE of Portsmouth, is populous and pleasant, and contains Portsea church.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Maps
Online maps of Kingston are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Hampshire, 1530, 1575, & 1622-34 is available to view on the Heraldry page.