Kilvington is a

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and

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, England, part of the

Newark and Sherwood Newark and Sherwood is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest district by area in the county. The council is based in Newark-on-Trent, the area's largest town. The district also incl ...

district. Dr

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in ''Antiquities of Nottinghamshire'' mentions enclosure 'about the Year 1750', but an act of parliament to enclose about 400 acres was passed in 1804 and the Award, mentioning 410 acres of the township of Alverton in Staunton, together with Kilvington, is dated 1810. It is combined with its neighbouring parish of

Alverton :''Alverton can also be a variant of Alverston or Alton (disambiguation), Alton.'' Alverton is an English Hamlet (place)#United Kingdom, hamlet and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire. It is joined by neighbourin ...

to form an area for a

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. Population count was 37 residents at the 2021 census.

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Alverton & Kilvington Parish Meeting
Newark and Sherwood Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire Hamlets in Nottinghamshire {{Nottinghamshire-geo-stub

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