Place:Kingston Russell, Dorset, England

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NameKingston Russell
Alt namesKingston-Russellsource: hyphenated
TypeHamlet, Tything, Civil parish
Coordinates50.72°N 2.594°W
Located inDorset, England
See alsoUggscombe Hundred, Dorset, Englandhundred in which it was located
Dorchester Rural, Dorset, Englandrural district 1894-1974
West Dorset District, Dorset, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2019
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Kingston Russell (#11 on map) is a civil parish and a settlement 7 miles (11 km) west of Dorchester, in the West Dorset District of Dorset, England. In 2001 UK census the parish had a population of 35. The parish shares borders with the parishes of Compton Valence (#7), Littlebredy (#12), Long Bredy (#13) and Winterborne Abbas (#29). Kingston Russell shares a parish council with Long Bredy.

Kingston Russell House is a large mansion house and manor in the parish. The present house dates from the late 1600s, but in 1730 was clad in a white Georgian stone facade. The house was restored in 1913, and at the same time the gardens were laid out. The house is on land which was granted to the Russell family (previously thought not ancestors of the Russell Dukes of Bedford), by an early king, probably John, King of England at the end of his reign (about 1216), or his son Henry III of England.

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Governance

Kingston Russell was originally a parish in the Uggscombe Hundred, one of the hundreds or early subdivisions of the county of Dorset. From 1894 until 1974 it was part of the Dorchester Rural District.

In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, all urban and rural districts across England were abolished and counties were reorganized into metropolitan and non-metropolitan districts. Kingston Russell joined the non-metropolitan West Dorset District.

Under the local government reforms adopted on 1 April 2019, West Dorset District was abolished, and the county of Dorset (excluding Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole) became a single unitary authority. The area is now administered by Dorset Council.

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