| Kirklington | |
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| Village and civil parish | |
 Eastern end of Kirklington Village | |
| Parish map | |
  KirklingtonLocation within Nottinghamshire | |
| Area | 3.1 sq mi (8.0 km) |
| Population | 388 (2021) |
| • Density | 125/sq mi (48/km) |
| 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 |
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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, falling to 388 at the 2021 census. Kirklington lies on the A617 road between Newark (9½ miles to the east) and Mansfield (10 miles to the west).
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'. 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.
Notable people
- John Boddam-Whetham (1843–1918), cricketer and naturalist
See also
References
- "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
- some details of the parish church
- photograph of the railway station
- Map sources for Kirklington, Nottinghamshire
53°06′41″N 0°59′08″W / 53.11126°N 0.98560°W / 53.11126; -0.98560 (Kirklington, Nottinghamshire)
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