An ancient stone upon which it is believed seven successive Saxon kings were crowned at Kingston.

The name Kingston may have derived from its location of the “Kings Stone”, – the coronation stone on which it is thought seven successive Saxon kings were crowned in Kingston beginning with Edward, the son of Alfred the Great in 902 AD and ending with Ethelred the Unready. The Stone may have originally been kept in the Saxon Chapel of St Mary, which used to abut All Saints Parish Church on the Market Place side but collapsed in 1730. For a while the stone was apparently rather degradingly used as a mounting block for horseman in the Market Place. However a ceremony in 1850 saw it mounted on a special base with the seven kings names engraved. It was moved to its present position near the Clattern Bridge after the building of the Guildhall in 1935.