Kilmington, Somerset
| Kilmington | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
.jpg) St Marys Church, Kilmington | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST772365 |
| Location: | 51°7’37"N, 2°19’37"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 328 (2011) |
| Post town: | Warminster |
| Postcode: | BA12 |
| Dialling code: | 01985 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wiltshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South West Wiltshire |
Kilmington is a village and parish in the extreme east of Somerset, adjacent to the border with Wiltshire. It lies about eight miles south-west of Warminster in the latter county. The parish includes the hamlets of Kilmington Common and Norton Ferris. It forms part of the Norton Ferris Hundred.[1]
It lies on the northern edge of the ancient Selwood Forest. Whitesheet Hill is in the far east of the parish, and Long Knoll (944 ft above sea level) is a long ridge on the northern boundary of the parish.
Religious sites
The Church of England parish church of St Mary has a 15th-century tower but the body of the church was rebuilt in 1864 and 1869; the tower was restored in 1903 by C.E. Ponting.[2][3]
A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1847. After closure in 1972 it was sold for residential use.[4][5]
Amenities
The school at Kilmington caters for the younger pupils of Whitesheet Church of England Primary Academy, while older children attend the school at Zeals. The first school at Kilmington was built circa 1830 and replaced by a new building in 1874, attended by children of all ages until 1930 when it became a junior school. The building was enlarged in 1967 and pupil numbers increased in 1968 after the closure of the school at Maiden Bradley. In 2003 Kilmington school amalgamated with Zeals, forming a two-site school.[6]
There is a local pub, the Red Lion. Kilmington is about 2½ miles north of the Stourhead estate, where the house and gardens are owned by the National Trust.
References
- ↑ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ↑ "Church of St Mary, Kilmington". Wiltshire Council. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=925. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1318459: Church of St Mary, Kilmington
- ↑ "Methodist Chapel, Kilmington". Wiltshire Council. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=926. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Records created by Kilmington Wesleyan Methodist Church". The National Archives. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F94267. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Whitesheet Church of England VA Primary School, Kilmington". Wiltshire Council. http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getschool.php?id=1047. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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