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Village established by two English timber merchants, Messrs Dodsworth and Osborne, initally as a dockyard, named after their home town of Kingston-Upon-Hull. They initially purchased the forest of Glenmore from the Duke of Gordon in 1784, and floated the timber down the river Spey to Garmouth where it was shipped South, and soon after established their own shipyard (in 1785 or 1786) at Kingston. It was a thriving shipbuilding community until the 1890s, with over 50 vessels constructed in Dodsworth and Osbourne's shipyard alone before its closure in 1815. At the peak of its industrial activity, Kingston was home to 7 shipyards who's total combined output numbered over 300 vessels. The village continues to thrive today but there is no industry present. Flooding is an imminent danger to the village.
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NJ36NW0004 - KINGSTON