Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KINGSTON-LACY

KINGSTON-LACY, a manor in Wimborne-Minster parish, Dorset; 2 miles NW of Wimborne. It contains the hamlets of Abbotstreet, Badbury, Barford, Barnesley, Cowgrove, Pamphill, and Stone. Pop., 752. An urn, with Roman coins, was found at Pamphill in 1736. Kingston Hall is the seat of the Bankes family; was built in 1663 by Sir Ralph Bankes, and restored by Barry; contains a rich collection of pictures, numerous other works of art, and the key and seal of Corfe Castle, so remarkably defended by Lady Bankes; and has, in its park, an Egyptian obelisk, brought hither from Philæ, and refounded in 1827 by the Duke of Wellington.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a manor"   (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels")
Administrative units: Wimborne Minster AP/CP       Dorset AncC
Place: Kingston Lacy

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