Kirklington is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. The population as of the 2011 census was 400,[1] falling to 388 at the 2021 census.[2] Kirklington lies on the A617 road between Newark (9½ miles to the east) and Mansfield (10 miles to the west).
| Kirklington | |
|---|---|
| Village and civil parish | |
 Eastern end of Kirklington Village | |
 Parish map | |
  Kirklington Location within Nottinghamshire | |
| Area | 3.1 sq mi (8.0 km2) |
| Population | 388 (2021) |
| • Density | 125/sq mi (48/km2) |
| OS grid reference | SK 675572 |
| • London | 115 mi (185 km) SSE |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWARK |
| Postcode district | NG22 |
| Dialling code | 01636 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | https://www.kirklingtonparishcouncil.co.uk |
Kirklington once had a railway station on the Mansfield-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 place-name Kirklington seems to contain an Old English personal name, Cyrtla, + tun (Old English), an enclosure; a farmstead; a village; an estate.., so 'Cyrtla's farm or settlement'.[3] It might instead stem from Kirk-, an element found in a number of place names in the United Kingdom, deriving from kirk (Norse), a general assembly; a church. This may refer to St. Swithun's Church, the parish church located in Kirklington.[4]
Notable people
edit- John Boddam-Whetham (1843–1918), cricketer and naturalist
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistiucs. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Kirklington parish (E04007919)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ J. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton (eds.), Place Names of Nottinghamshire (Cambridge, 1940), p.170; A.D.Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford, 2002), p.209
- ^ "Kirk | Etymology, origin and meaning of kirk by etymonline".
External links
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- some details of the parish church
- photograph of the railway station
- Map sources for Kirklington, Nottinghamshire
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