Kinoulton
| Kinoulton | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 The Nevile Arms, Kinoulton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK682310 |
| Location: | 52°52’12"N, 0°59’24"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,050 (2011) |
| Post town: | Nottingham |
| Postcode: | NG12 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Rushcliffe |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Rushcliffe |
Kinoulton is a village in Nottinghamshire, some ten miles south-east of the city of Nottingham. The 2011 census recorded a population of 1,050.
The name Kinoulton probably has Saxon origins and Cynhildestun[1] (Cynhilds Farm) is a suggested starting point. The name having weathered though many variations over the years to become Kinoulton.
Parish church
The parish church, St Luke, was built for the Earl of Gainsborough in 1792–93, when the village centre migrated downhill to the new canal. It is a relatively rare example of a village parish church from this period. It is built in red brick, consisting of a nave and chancel, with a vestry to the north-east and a three-stage tower at the western end. It a Grade II* listed building.[2]
St Luke's replaced the original church, St Wilfred, which stood to the north of Kinoulton Lane. Although the building was demolished, the churchyard remains and contains a group of 34 headstones dating from the 1700s.[3]
History
The original settlement was close to the Roman Fosse Way, now the A46 trunk road, just north of its junction with the present day A606 Nottingham to Melton Mowbray road. It was close to the site of a civil war skirmish by the Lodge on the Wolds near the present day A46.
The Grantham Canal was opened in 1797, connecting the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire with the River Trent at Nottingham, and about this time the centre of the village migrated eastwards, downhill into the Vale of Belvoir. Some suggest highwaymen on the A46 as a cause for this, other suggest a movement away from the plague, but a driving factor pushing the centre of population down Kinoulton Hill was the canal and the communication links it brought.
The current parish church, St Luke's is of this time, replacing the old church (now demolished) on the old site. The village's pinfold, where stray animals were kept if their owners failed to properly supervise their use of common grazing land, is adjacent to the new church, now only remembered in street names.
Kinoulton was once home to a brickyard where bricks were manufactured. The site was close to what is now the 'Old School House' and situated upon the canal bank which enabled easy transportation of the bricks. The brickyard workers lived in cottages in what is now Baileys Row at the east end of the village. The remains of the wharf serving the brickyard are still evident on the canal bank in the form of stone edgings, although the remains are overgrown and difficult to see. Kinoulton brick was used to produce a number of buildings in the village including the church, Field Farm, Bishops Close (a house not a 'close' as we might know it) and many other buildings that now have a rendered exterior.
About the village
Kinoulton once had permanent post office situated in Hall Lane. It closed in 2008 and became a private residence, but post office business survives in the church albeit on a part-time basis. Wednesday mornings are particularly busy in the church as there is a well frequented café running alongside the Post Office. Cake and coffee can be had for a small consideration along with vibrant conversation from the locals of all ages.
Kinoulton has one pub left, called the Nevile Arms, from a local connection (and always spelt with one 'l').. There has been a pub on this location since the 1860s and possibly slightly earlier. 19th century census documents show the Herrick family running the pub as well as farming during the 1800s, indicating the agricultural nature of the village during this period. The Nevile Arms had a brief spell as the Hind Arms during 1928 reflecting the local Hind family, but local dissension resulted in the Nevile name returning.
Previously the village had two other pubs, 'The Volunteer' and the 'Bull's Head'. the former at what is now Rose Cottage and the latter by the canal at Bridge House serving ale to canal users, both now long gone.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ 'Kinoulton Scrapbook' by Elizabeth Anne Earl
- ↑ National Heritage List 1264839: Church of St Luke, Kinoulton
- ↑ National Heritage List 1235909: Headstones in the graveyard of St Wilfred
