St James’s Church, Kingston, Purbeck
The Church of St James is the parish church for the village of Kingston, located on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. The church is a notable example of the Gothic Revival style and is a Grade I listed building.Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Kingston, near Wareham, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “St James”, “St James‘ Church, Kingston, Purbeck”, and “St James’s Church, Kingston (Isle of Purbeck)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Scott Arms, Including Outbuilding On Left and Encombe House.
The Scott Arms, Including Outbuilding On Left
Pub
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Scott Arms, Including Outbuilding On Left is a pub, which is situated 560 feet northeast of St James’s Church, Kingston, Purbeck.
Encombe House
Manor estate
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Encombe House is a privately owned, Grade II* listed country house built in 1735 on the Encombe Estate near the village of Kingston and about 1-mile inland of Dorset's Jurassic Coast in southern England. Encombe House is situated 1 mile southwest of St James’s Church, Kingston, Purbeck.
Bucknowle Farm
Farm
Bucknowle Farm is the site of a Romano-British settlement and a Roman villa, located 1 km southeast of Church Knowle and 1 km southwest of Corfe Castle village in Dorset, England. Bucknowle Farm is situated 1¼ miles north of St James’s Church, Kingston, Purbeck.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingston and Worth Matravers.
Kingston
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingston is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in the county of Dorset in southern England.
Worth Matravers
Village
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
Worth Matravers is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The village is situated on the cliffs west of Swanage. It comprises limestone cottages and farm houses and is built around a pond, which is a regular feature on postcards of the Isle of Purbeck. Worth Matravers is situated 1½ miles southeast of St James’s Church, Kingston, Purbeck.
Harman’s Cross
Village
Photo: Huligan0, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harman's Cross is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. It is situated on the A351 road between Swanage and Corfe Castle. The village is within the civil parish of Worth Matravers, which is itself within the South Dorset constituency of the House of Commons. Harman’s Cross is situated 2 miles east of St James’s Church, Kingston, Purbeck.
St James’s Church, Kingston, Purbeck
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.61565° or 50° 36′ 56″ northLongitude
-2.06414° or 2° 3′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C2VJW8P+78OpenStreetMap ID
way 257039302OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q16900484
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In Other Languages
“St James’s Church, Kingston, Purbeck” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت جيمس”
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