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Kilmington may refer to two places in England: * Kilmington, Devon * Kilmington, Wiltshire Kilmington is a village and civil parish in the extreme west of Wiltshire, England, about southwest of Warminster. The parish includes the hamlets of Kilmington Common and Norton Ferris. The parish lies on the northern edge of the ancient Sel ... {{geodis ...
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Kilmington, Devon
Kilmington is a village near Axminster in East Devon off the A35 road. The village population at the 2011 Census was 830. ''Kilmington'' is a major part of Newbridges electoral ward whose population at the above census was 2,358. It includes Coryton, the grade II listed surviving wing of a brick house with Portland stone dressings built in 1754–1756 by Benedictus Marwood Tucker, sheriff of Devon in 1763. Some remains of the older mansion can also be seen at Old Coryton. This had been for many years the property of the Warren family, who sold it to William Tucker of Westwater in 1697. He built the old house, which passed to his son William, High Sheriff of Devon The High Sheriff of Devon is the Queen's representative for the County of Devon, a territory known as his/her bailiwick. Selected from three nominated people, they hold the office for one year. They have judicial, ceremonial and administrative ... for 1726, who lived there until 1748. Benedictus, also the High S ...
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