KINGTON (MAGNA), a parish in the hundred of REDLANE, Sturminster division of the county of DORSET, 6 miles (W.) from Shaftesbury, containing 486 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Bristol, rated in the king's books at £ 13. 4.7., and in the patronage of the Duke of Portland. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.