Kingston may refer to:
Places
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List of places called Kingston Kingston is the name of several places in the world. The most populated places named Kingston are:
* Kingston, Jamaica (population )
* Kingston upon Hull, England (population )
* City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia (population )
* Kingston, Ontar ...
, including the five most populated:
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Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley Inter ...
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Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-east ...
, England
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City of Kingston
The City of Kingston is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, its northern boundary lying approximately 15 km from the Melbourne city centre along the north-eastern shorelines of Port P ...
, Victoria, Australia
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Kingston, Ontario
Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between Toro ...
, Canada
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Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames (hyphenated until 1965, colloquially known as Kingston) is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, England. It is situated on the River Thames and southwest of Charing Cross. It is notable as ...
, England
Animals
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Kingston (horse)
Kingston (1884–1912) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He won 89 races, the most in the history of the sport of thoroughbred racing. Of his 138 starts, he was out of the money only on four occasions. He was later inducted into the U ...
(1884–1912), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
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Kingston parakeets
Feral parakeets in Great Britain are wild-living, non-native parakeets that are an introduced species into Great Britain. The population mainly consists of ring-necked parakeets (''Psittacula krameri''), a non-migratory species of bird native t ...
, feral parakeets in the UK
Music
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Kingston (band)
Kingston are a pop/rock band from Auckland, New Zealand who formed in 2006. The band are best known for their song "Good Good Feeling" which was used in a New Zealand ad campaign for KFC.
Early beginnings
Dan Gibson (vocals) and Scott Cleary ( ...
, a New Zealand pop/rock band
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Kingston (country music band), an American duo
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Kingston Maguire
Blue Sky Black Death (abbreviated BSBD) was a production duo based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It consisted of Ryan Maguire, better known by his stage name Kingston, and Ian Taggart, better known by his stage name Young God, or, later, Televa ...
, known as Kingston, of hip hop duo Blue Sky Black Death
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The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to the late 1960s. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and ...
, an American folk and pop music group
People
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Kingston (surname) Kingston is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Alex Kingston, English actress
*Charles Kingston (1850–1908), Premier of South Australia
:* Charles Kingston (disambiguation), several other people
*Eddie Kingston (born 1 ...
, a surname, including a list of people with the name
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Earl of Kingston
Earl of Kingston is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1768 for Edward King, 1st Viscount Kingston. The Earl holds the subsidiary titles Baron Kingston, of Rockingham in the County of Roscommon (created in 1764), Viscount ...
and Baron Kingston and Viscount Kingston, a title in the Peerage of Ireland
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Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, with the title Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull being a title in the Peerage of England. The Earldom was created on 25 July 1628 for Robert Pierrepont, 1st Viscount Newark. ...
, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, and Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, a title in the Peerage of England
Rivers
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Kingston Brook
Kingston Brook is a small river in central England. It arises near Old Dalby, Leicestershire on the northern edge of the ridge running from Normanton-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire to Belvoir, Leicestershire. It runs through Willoughby on the Wolds, ...
, a small river in central England
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Kingston Creek Kingston Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California and is a tributary of San Gregorio Creek.Kingston (biscuit)
The Kingston is an Australian sweet biscuit that have been manufactured since 1926 by the American-owned Australian-based biscuit company, Arnott's Biscuits Holdings.
The Kingston biscuit consists of two individual, rounded, coconut biscuits with ...
, an Australian sweet biscuit
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Kingston clan
The Latter Day Church of Christ, is considered a Mormon fundamentalist denomination by some in the Latter Day Saint movement. Also known as the LDCJC, the Kingston Clan, and The Order, it is a religious organization created by members of the Dav ...
, or The Latter Day Church of Christ, a Mormon fundamentalist denomination
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Kingston Cricket Club
Representing Kingston upon Thames in Surrey, the original Kingston Cricket Club was prominent in the 18th century, taking part in known matches from 1720 to 1767. According to surviving records, it had no specific venue and is known to have playe ...
, an 18th-century team in Kingston upon Thames, England
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Kingston FC
Kingston FC were a Canadian soccer team based in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The team was awarded a franchise in 2011 as a member of the Canadian Soccer League, and participated in the league for three seasons, 2012 to 2014. In February 2015, Ki ...
, a soccer team in Ontario, Canada
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Kingston station (Rhode Island)
Kingston is a historic railroad station located on the Northeast Corridor in the village of West Kingston, in the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island. It was built at this location in 1875 by the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad, repla ...
, a historic American railway station
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Kingston Technology
Kingston Technology Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, sells and supports flash memory products, other computer-related memory products, as well as the HyperX gaming division ...
, an American multinational computer technology corporation
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Kingston (Upper Marlboro, Maryland)
Kingston, or Sasscer's House, is a -story historic home located at Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It is believed to be the oldest building remaining in the town of Upper Marlboro and may have been built, at leas ...
, a historic home in the U.S.
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List of ships named ''Kingston''
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HM Prison Kingston
HM Prison Kingston is a former Category B/C men's prison, located in the Kingston area of Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England. Prior to closure, the prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. In 2020, work began to convert the site to r ...
, former prison in Portsmouth, England
See also
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Kingston Airport (disambiguation) Kingston Airport may refer:
*Kingston Airport (Nevada) in Kingston, Nevada, United States
*Kingston Norman Rogers Airport in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
* Kingston-Ulster Airport in Kingston, New York, United States
*Norman Manley International Airpo ...
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Kingston Road (disambiguation) Kingston Road may refer to:
* Kingston Road, London, England
* Kingston Road, Oxford, England
* Kingston Road (Toronto), Canada
* Durham Regional Highway 2, the continuation of the Toronto Kingston Road into Durham Region
See also
* Kingston Br ...
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Kingston Bridge (disambiguation) Kingston Bridge may refer to:
* Kingston Bridge (Kingston, New Jersey), a bridge across the Millstone River in New Jersey, U.S.
* Kingston Bridge, Glasgow, a bridge across the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland
* Kingston Bridge, London, a bridge acr ...
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Kingston College (disambiguation) Kingston College may refer to:
* Kingston College (Queensland), Logan City, Australia
*Kingston College (British Columbia), Canada
* Kingston College, part of South Thames Colleges Group, London
*Kingston College (Jamaica), Jamaica
* Kingston Colle ...
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Kingston Hill (disambiguation) Kingston Hill may refer to:
*Kingston Hill, London, a district in southwest London, England
*'' SS Kingston Hill'', a British cargo ship built in 1940 and torpedoed and sunk in 1941
*Kingston Hill (horse)
Kingston Hill (foaled 15 January 2011) is ...
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Kingston House (disambiguation) Kingston House is a historic inn and tavern in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Kingston House may also refer to:
*Kingston House estate, London, Knightsbridge, London, England
*Kingston House, Kingston upon Hull, England
*K ...
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Kingston station (disambiguation)
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Kingstone (disambiguation) Kingstone may refer to:
* Kingstone, Herefordshire (near Hereford)
** Kingstone High School
* Kingstone, Weston under Penyard, a hamlet in Weston under Penyard (also in Herefordshire)
* Kingstone, Somerset
* Kingstone, South Yorkshire, an area in ...
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Kington (disambiguation) Kington may refer to:
Places England
* Kington, Herefordshire
* Kington, historical name of Kineton, Warwickshire
** Kington Hundred
* Kington, Worcestershire
* Kington Magna, Dorset
* Kington Langley, Wiltshire
* Kington St Michael, Wiltshir ...
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Kingtown (disambiguation) Kingtown may refer to the following places in the United States:
* Kingtown, Arkansas, unincorporated community in Phillips County
* Kingtown, New Jersey, unincorporated community in Hunterdon County
See also
*Kingston (disambiguation)
* Kingstone ...
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Kingstown (disambiguation)
Kingstown is the capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Kingstown may also refer to:
Places Australia
*Kingstown, New South Wales
Ireland
*Dún Laoghaire, Ireland, named Kingstown from 1821 until 1921
United Kingdom
* Kingstown, a ...
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Kinston (disambiguation) Kinston may refer to:
*Kinston, Alabama
*Kinston, North Carolina (Kingston until 1784)
See also
*Kingstone, Somerset
*Kingston (disambiguation)
*Kingston Bridge (disambiguation)
*Kington (disambiguation) Kington may refer to:
Places England
* ...
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Kingston courthouse shooting, a 2005 incident in Kingston, Tennessee, U.S.
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Kingston: Confidential'', an American TV drama
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Kingston v Preston
''Kingston v Preston'' (1773) 2 Doug KB 689 is an English contract law case, concerning the right to withhold performance for a contract.
Facts
Kingston, a silk-mercer, sued Preston, a business owner for failing to convey the business to Kings ...
'', an English contract law case
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Kingston valve
A Kingston valve is a type of valve fitted in the bottom of a ship's plating that connects the sea to the ship's piping and storage tanks.
A Kingston valve is a type of seacock. It is arranged so that, under normal operating conditions, sea pre ...
, fitted in the bottom of a ship
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