1850 Gazetteer of Kingston England
Kingston is a small village located 3½ miles south-southwest of Modbury, encompassing 529 inhabitants and 2,233 acres of land that stretches to the Erme estuary and Bigbury Bay. The manor of Kingston is owned by Rd. Julian, while T. Bulteel holds Scobbescombe. Estates are also owned by the Wise family, the Duke of Somerset, and other minor proprietors. The village features an ancient church, with its living designated as a curacy linked to the vicarage of Ermington.