Place:Kingsdown (near Deal), Kent, England

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NameKingsdown (near Deal)
Alt namesKingsdown
TypeVillage, Civil parish
Coordinates51.35°N 0.283°E
Located inKent, England
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog

NOTE: Kingsdown (near Deal) and Kingsdown (near Sittingbourne) are two different places in Kent, situated many miles from each other. Kingsdown (near Sittingbourne) is titled Kingsdown (hamlet) in Wikipedia, while Kingsdown (near Deal) is titled Kingsdown, Kent. There is also a West Kingsdown near Sevenoaks.

The parish church in Kingsdown (near Sittingbourne) is dedicated to St. Catherine; the parish church in Kingsdown (near Deal) is dedicated to St. John the Evangelist; and the parish church in West Kingsdown is dedicated to St. Edmund the Martyr.


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Kingsdown is a village immediately to the south of Walmer, itself south of Deal, on the English Channel coast of Kent. Parts of the village are built on or behind the shingle beach that runs north to Deal and beyond, while other parts are on the cliffs and hills inland. The village church of St John the Evangelist was built by local landowner William Curling in 1848. Curling's former residence, Kingsdown House, was acquired by the Brightstone Holiday Centre in 1934 and a holiday camp, now known as Kingsdown Holiday Park, has operated in the grounds up to the present day. At the 2011 Census the village population was included in the civil parish of Ringwould with Kingsdown.

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