Kinoulton
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| Kinoulton shown within Nottinghamshire | |
| Population | 1,050 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK682310 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NOTTINGHAM |
| Postcode district | NG12 |
| Police | Nottinghamshire |
| Fire | Nottinghamshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
Kinoulton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 10 miles south east of the city of Nottingham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,037. 2004 estimates indicate a population of 990. The population taken at the 2011 census was 1,050.
The name Kinoulton probably has Saxon origins and 'Cynhildestun (Cynhilds Farm) is a suggested starting point. The name having weathered though many variations over the years to become Kinoulton.
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. Around the time when the Grantham Canal was opened in 1797, connecting the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire with the River Trent at Nottingham, 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. A somewhat later driving factor towards pushing the centre of population down Kinoulton Hill was the canal (built 1790s) and the communication links it brought. A new parish church of St Luke was built for the Earl of Gainsborough in 1792–93, close to the canal, and 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 has been Grade II* listed since 1965. It replaced a church dedicated to St Wilfred which was located 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. The site of 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.
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