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The Kingston Brooch, now World Museum Liverpool. The Kingston Brooch, an important piece of Anglo-Saxon jewellery dating from the 7th Century, was discovered in a tumulus on Kingston Downs in 1771 by the Reverend Bryan Faussett (1720–1776), then Rector of Kingston. It is 8 cm in diameter, made of gold, with garnet, blue glass and shell settings.
Active parish No now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton: 08. Christ Church, Kent Island: Christ Church, Kent Island Stevensville 1880 church: 117 East Main St. 1996 church: 830 Romancoke Road Queen Anne's: Yes, 1631 Active parish Yes* *1880 church is on NRHP. Parish planted from Virginia; now in Episcopal Diocese of Easton: 09. Christ Church, La Plata
Kent County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, its population was 19,198, [1] making it the least populous county in Maryland. Its county seat is Chestertown. [2] The county was named for the county of Kent in England. [3] The county is part of the Mid-Eastern Shore region of the state and is the oldest ...
Civil Parish Civil Parish Population 2011 Area (km 2) 2011 Pre 1974 District District; Acol: 295 [1] 2.15 Eastry Rural District [2] Thanet: Acrise: 172 [3] 5.43 Elham Rural District [4] Folkestone and Hythe: Addington: 769 [5] 3.35 Malling Rural District [6] Tonbridge and Malling: Adisham: 645 [7] 11.82 Bridge-Blean Rural District [8 ...
Kingston, Maryland is home to a couple of properties placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Jeptha Hayman House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Kingston Hall is a historic house dating from the 19th century. It is accessible from Old Westover-Marion Road, physically located close to MD 413 and the ...
The hamlet of Ford was the location of Ford Palace, a residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury from at least the 14th century to the 17th. [9] Robert Hunt , chaplain to the expedition that founded the first successful English colony in the New World , at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607, was born in Hoath in the late 1560s or early 1570s.
Under Canterbury's jurisdiction by 1115; Church in Wales since 1920; St Asaph diocese – c. 583–present (Wales) Under Canterbury's jurisdiction by 1143; Church in Wales since 1920; Sodor and Man diocese received from Norwegian jurisdiction – c. 1400–present Province of Canterbury until 1542; Province of York since; Europe diocese, 1842 ...
After King's death, his daughter and son-in-law Henry James Carroll resided at Kingston Hall. Their son Thomas King Carroll (1793-1873) was born there and inherited the property. Thomas was briefly governor of Maryland 1830–31. Thomas's daughter Anna Ella Carroll (1815-1894), an advisor to Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, was ...