Life and events in Kingswear in the 19th century from history research.

For Census information go HERE

19th Century

Title and Author	Time Perion	Link
Kingston Cottages Diary – see below	19th c	Link
The Bridges Across The Dart 1828=>	1828 – 1945	Link
Napoleonic era War at Sea	1801 – 1815
The First Kingswear Water Bills	1814	Link
The visit of Napoleon III to Kingswear	1831	Link
The Kingswear Fire Engine	1836	Link
The Railway Comes to Kingswear – Passenger Services	1864
The Railway Comes to Kingswear – Freight Services	1866
American Civil War Sea Battle with links to Kingswear	1864
The Steam Laundry Established	1881	Link
Kingswear Parish Council	1894 – 1910	Link

Kingston Farm and Cottages 19th c

1841 Census records start. Thomas Eales is tenant farmer

1851 Thomas Eales still tenant at farm
1861 Tenant farmer is now Thomas Parnell
1874 Nethway & Kingston Estates for sale

1875 George Mitchelmore buys Kingston Farm

1878 Harry Glendinning buys the farm

1879 He dies, farm passes to his father Robert

1881 Tenant farmer is James Walters
1883 Robert Glendinning’s next son Walter has farm

1883 He sells farm to Thomas Lakeman Tenant farmer — Mr Walters

1885 Fire at Kingston

1889 Mr Walters’ accident
1891 James Walters is still tenant farmer
1901 Tenant farmer — James Walters junior