Kilvington is a hamlet and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in Nottinghamshire, England, part of the
Newark and Sherwood district.
Dr
Robert Thoroton in ''Antiquities of Nottinghamshire'' mentions enclosure 'about the Year 1750', but an
Act of Parliament
Acts of Parliament, sometimes referred to as primary legislation, are texts of law passed by the Legislature, legislative body of a jurisdiction (often a parliament or council). In most countries with a parliamentary system of government, acts of ...
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.
[R. Thoroton, revised by J. Throsby, ''The antiquities of Nottinghamshire'' (1790–96), vol.1, p.321; W. E. Tate (ed., M.E. Turner), ''Domesday of English Enclosure Acts and Awards'' (Reading, 1978), p.208]
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 in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire. It is joined by neighbouring Kilvington to form an area for a parish meeting ...
to form an area for a
parish meeting. Population information is included in the civil parish of
Staunton.
References
External links
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Alverton & Kilvington Parish Meeting
Villages in Nottinghamshire
Newark and Sherwood
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