Kirklington, Nottinghamshire
| Kirklington | |
| Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Kirklington | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK680576 |
| Location: | 53°6’41"N, 0°59’8"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 400 (2011) |
| Post town: | Newark |
| Postcode: | NG22 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Newark and Sherwood |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Newark |
Kirklington is an affluent village in Nottinghamshire, on the A617 road almost midway between Newark-on-Trent (nine and a half miles to the east) and Mansfield (ten miles to the west)..
The population as of the 2011 census was 400.
Kirklington once had a railway station (Kirklington and Edingley station) on the Mansfield to Southwell line; it was closed to passenger traffic in 1929 and goods trains in 1964. The former trackbed is now the Southwell Trail footpath.
The name Kirklington seems to contain an Old English personal name, Cyrtla, with the common suffix tun, thus 'Cyrtla's farm or settlement'.[1]
Parish church
The parish church, in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, is St Swithun's. The church is a Grade II* listed building which dates from the 13th century. It was restored externally between 1873 - 1874, and internally in 1892.[2]
The church contains a small pipe organ dating from 1897.[3]
Today the parish is part of a joint benefice with St Nicholas' Church, Hockerton.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Gover, J. E. B.; Mawer, A. & Stenton, F.M.: 'Place-Names of Nottinghamshire , Part' (English Place-Names Society, 1940), page 170
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, 1951; 1979 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09636-1page 157
- ↑ Kirklington, St Swithin: The National Pipe Organ Register
