Kilvington (St. Mary)
KILVINGTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union
of Newark, S. division of the wapentake of Newark
and of the county of Nottingham, 7 miles (S.) from
Newark; containing, with the hamlet of Alverton, 56
inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, consolidated with that of Staunton in 1826, and valued in
the king's books at £6. 12. 1. The church, which was
situated only a quarter of a mile from that of Staunton,
has been taken down, and the church rates of the two
parishes are assessed jointly.
Kilvington, North
KILVINGTON, NORTH, a township, in the parish
of Thornton-le-Street, union of Thirsk, wapentake
of Allertonshire, N. riding of York, 2½ miles (N.)
from Thirsk; containing 63 inhabitants. It comprises
by computation 1210 acres, and is situated on the east
side of the fertile vale of the small river Codbeck. Kilvington Hall, erected some few years since, is a neat
brick mansion, with pleasant grounds. A tithe rentcharge of £132 is paid to the Dean and Canons of
Oxford, and one of £29 to the Vicar. There is a chapel
for Roman Catholics.
Kilvington, South (St. Wilfrid)
KILVINGTON, SOUTH (St. Wilfrid), a parish, in
the poor-law union of Thirsk, wapentake of Birdforth,
N. riding of York; comprising the townships of South
Kilvington, Thornbrough, and Upsall; and containing
402 inhabitants, of whom 277 are in the township of
South Kilvington, l¼ mile (N.) from Thirsk. The parish consists of about 2610 acres, of which 940 are in
the township. The village, which is neatly built, is
pleasantly situated on an acclivity on the east side of
the Codbeck: the road from Thirsk to Stokesley passes
through. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £17. 10. 10.; net income, £511; patrons, the
Master and Fellows of Sidney-Sussex College, Cambridge.
Kilworth, North (St. Andrew)
KILWORTH, NORTH (St. Andrew), a parish, in
the union of Lutterworth, hundred of Guthlaxton,
S. division of the county of Leicester, 5 miles (E. by
S.) from Lutterworth; containing 422 inhabitants. The
Grand Union canal passes through the north-eastern
part of the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the
king's books at £15. 0. 5.; net income, £567; patron,
the Rev. T. Belgrave. The tithes were commuted for
land in 1765, when, also, 33½ acres were allotted for the
repair of the church and highways.
Kilworth, South (St. Nicholas)
KILWORTH, SOUTH (St. Nicholas), a parish, in
the union of Lutterworth, hundred of Guthlaxton,
S. division of the county of Leicester, 4½ miles (E. S.
E.) from Lutterworth; containing 478 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at
£10. 8. 11½., and in the patronage of the Crown; net
income, £500, with a glebe-house. The church is an
ancient edifice with a beautiful spire; the north aisle
was rebuilt in 1840, at a cost of £500, and the church
was repewed at the same time. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; and a national school is supported
by the rector. On the inclosure of the parish, 23½ acres
were allotted for the repairs of the church.
Kimberley
KIMBERLEY, a hamlet, and formerly a chapelry,
in the parish of Greasly, union of Basford, S. division
of the wapentake of Broxtow, N. division of the county
of Nottingham; containing 1778 inhabitants. It comprises about 800 acres of land, and has a considerable
village, scattered upon elevated and broken ground at
the southern extremity of the parish. Lawn mills, here,
for grinding corn, were built in 1844; and there is an
extensive brewery. The ancient chapel of ease, some
time in ruins, has entirely disappeared. There are
places of worship for Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans; and an infants' school, built in 1840.
Kimberly (St. Peter)
KIMBERLY (St. Peter), a parish, in the incorporation and hundred of Forehoe, E. division of Norfolk, 3½ miles (N. W.) from Wymondham; containing
148 inhabitants, and comprising by admeasurement
1522 acres. Kimberly Hall, originally the seat of the
Fastolff family, in the reign of Henry IV. became the
property of Sir John Wodehouse, who took down the
ancient structure, and erected a handsome mansion
which, also, was demolished, in 1659. In 1720 the
present noble building, which is situated eastward, and
in the parish of Wymondham, was built by Sir John
Wodehouse, since which period many improvements
have been effected, including the erection of a fine terrace 300 feet in length: the seat is the property of Lord
Wodehouse, representative of the very ancient family of
Wodehouse, which derives its descent, through a succession of knights, from the reign of Edward I. Queen
Elizabeth, in her progress through Norfolk, stopped at
Kimberly, where a rich throne was erected for her,
which, with several of her dresses, is preserved by the
family as a memorial of her visit. The living is a discharged vicarage, united with the rectory of Bixton, to
the living of Barnham-Broom, and valued in the king's
books at £6. 12. 3.: the tithes were commuted for land
in 1776. The church is a handsome and interesting
edifice, occupying a picturesque situation near the road
from Norwich to Hingham. The interior was newly
fitted up at the expense of the late Lord Wodehouse;
and a gallery, with an organ, was erected at the west end
by Lady Wodehouse, in 1840: some ancient stained
glass was the gift of the first lord Wodehouse. There
are several memorials, among others a fine brass to Sir
John and Lady Wodehouse, dated 1465. The Wesleyans have a place of worship.
Kimberworth
KIMBERWORTH, a township and ecclesiastical
district, in the parish and union of Rotherham, N. division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill,
W. riding of York, 2 miles (W.) from Rotherham; the
district containing 2065 inhabitants. The township comprises about 2940 acres, of which the surface is varied;
the substratum abounds with coal and iron-ore, and
there are several quarries of building-stone. The village
is situated on an eminence. At the Holmes are large
iron and steel works, in which were cast the iron bridges
of Southwark in London, Staines in the county of Middlesex, Yarm in the county of York, and Sunderland in
the county of Durham. The church, dedicated to St.
Thomas, was erected in 1842, at an expense of £1333,
on a site given by John Saumarez Winter, Esq., of London; it is a neat structure in the early English style,
with a campanile turret. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the patronage of the Vicar of Rotherham;
net income, £150. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyans.
Kimble, Great (St. Nicholas)
KIMBLE, GREAT (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the
union of Wycombe, hundred of Aylesbury, county of
Buckingham, 3¼ miles (W. S. W.) from Wendover;
containing 489 inhabitants, of whom 68 are in the
hamlet of Kimble-Wick. This place, according to old
records, was anciently called Kunebel, from Cunobelin,
or Cymbeline, the British king, whose sons here gallantly
opposed the Romans, but were defeated, and one of them
slain. There are still the remains of several intrenchments on the supposed field of battle; and on a circular
mound in the neighbourhood are vestiges of a fortification termed Belinus' Castle, where it is said Cunobelin
dwelt. The parish comprises 2472a. 3r. 2p.: the soil
is various, partly clay and loam, alternated with chalk
and gravel; the surface, in some parts flat, is in others
diversified with hills, and the low lands are watered by
a brook which issues from a copious spring. The living
is a discharged vicarage, consolidated in 1799 with the
rectory of Great Hampden, and valued in the king's
books at £6. 10. 5.: the impropriate tithes have been
commuted for £171. 1., and the vicarial for £150; the
glebe comprises 4½ acres.
Kimble, Little (All Saints)
KIMBLE, LITTLE (All Saints), a parish, in the
union of Wycombe, hundred of Aylesbury, county of
Buckingham, 3 miles (W. by S.) from Wendover;
containing 177 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
valued in the king's books at £6. 2. 11.; net income,
£107: the patronage is in dispute.
Kimblesworth
KIMBLESWORTH, formerly a parish, in the union
of Durham, W. division of Chester ward, N. division
of the county of Durham, 3 miles (N. by W.) from
Durham; containing 33 inhabitants, and comprising
690 acres of land. This was an ancient rectory and
peculiar belonging to the convent of Durham. The
foundations of the church, which was a small structure,
may be traced in a field a little south of the village;
and to the north of the place are some remains of the
embankments which formed the ancient vivarium de
Kymblesworth, mentioned in a charter of Bishop Pudsey's. The village, now reduced to a few cottages, is
situated not far distant from the great north road. The
living, which is valued in the king's books at £3. 6. 8.,
was united in 1593 to the perpetual curacy of Witton-Gilbert.
Kimbolton (St. James)
KIMBOLTON (St. James), a parish, in the union
of Leominster, hundred of Wolphy, county of Hereford, 3 miles (N. E. by E.) from Leominster; containing 715 inhabitants. It is on the road from Leominster
to Tenbury, and comprises 1362 acres. The living is a
perpetual curacy, with that of Middleton-on-the-Hill
annexed; net income, £132; patron and appropriator,
the Bishop of Hereford, whose tithes have been commuted for £346.
Kimbolton (St. Andrew)
KIMBOLTON (St. Andrew), a market-town and
parish, in the union of St. Neot's, hundred of Leightonstone, county of Huntingdon, 10½ miles (W. by S.)
from Huntingdon, and 63 (N. N. W.) from London;
containing 1634 inhabitants. The town is pleasantly
situated on the verge of the county, amidst sloping hills
and woodlands diversified with fertile valleys. Kimbolton Castle, the magnificent residence of the Duke of
Manchester, an ancient stone edifice in a spacious park,
was the residence of Catherine of Arragon, first wife of
Henry VIII., subsequently to her divorce; and it was
here she died. A few females are employed in making
lace, but the general occupation of the inhabitants is
agriculture. The market is on Friday; and fairs are
held on the Friday in Easter-week, for sheep and pedlery, and on December 11th, for cattle and hogs. A
constable is appointed at the courts leet and baron held
under the Duke of Manchester, who is lord of the manor.
The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at
£5, and in the patronage of his Grace. The church is
surmounted by a lofty spire. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Moravians, and Wesleyans. An ancient grammar school, of which the
earliest notice occurs in 1600, is endowed with lands
producing a rental of £131. In the parish are the remains of Stonely Priory, a convent of canons of the
order of St. Augustine, founded by William Mandeville, Earl of Essex, about 1180, and dedicated to the
Blessed Virgin Mary; the revenue, at the Dissolution, was valued at £62. 12. 3. Kimbolton gives
the inferior title of Baron to the Duke of Manchester; it was the birth-place of Lord Kimbolton, afterwards Earl of Manchester, a parliamentary general in
the civil war.
Kimcote (All Saints)
KIMCOTE (All Saints), a parish, in the union of
Lutterworth, hundred of Guthlaxton, S. division
of the county of Leicester, 3½ miles (E. N. E.) from
Lutterworth; containing, with the hamlet of Cotes-deVal, and part of Walton, 552 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, valued in the king's books at £20. 16. 3.;
net income, £566; patron, Lord Willoughby de Broke.
The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1778. A school is endowed with £30 per annum; and the produce of two allotments under the inclosure act, and the amount of a few bequests, are distributed to the poor.
Kimmeridge
KIMMERIDGE, a parish, in the union of Wareham and Purbeck, hundred of Hasilor, Wareham
division of Dorset, 4¼ miles (S. W. by W.) from Corfe-Castle; containing 154 inhabitants. The parish is
bounded on the south by Botteridge pool, or Kimmeridge
bay, the entrance to which, between two high cliffs, is
defended by a battery of two pieces of cannon. On the
shore are copperas stones in abundance; and in the
cliffs of this and the neighbouring parishes a sort of coal
is found, of a bituminous nature, which burns with a
strong light and emits a sulphureous smell; it is a hard
substance, but, on exposure to the air, splits into pieces
like slate. The living is a donative, in the patronage
of the Mansel family.
Kimpton (St. Peter and St. Paul)
KIMPTON (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in
the union of Hitchin, hundred of Hitchin and Pirton, county of Hertford, 5 miles (N. W. by W.) from
Welwyn; containing 945 inhabitants. It comprises
3582a. 1r. 9p., of which 2968 acres are arable, 394
meadow, and 220 woodland. The females are mostly
engaged in the platting of straw. A fair for hiring servants is held in September. The living is a vicarage,
endowed with part of the rectorial tithes, and valued in
the king's books at £12; the patronage, and the remainder of the rectorial tithes, belong to Lord Dacre.
The impropriate tithes have been commuted for £688. 8.,
and the vicarial for £449. 9.: the glebe comprises 22
acres. The church is situated on an acclivity rising
from the north of the village; it has a square embattled
tower surmounted by a short spire, and contains a fine
screen of oak, with almost perfect remains of the ancient
rood-loft.
Kimpton
KIMPTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of
Andover, Andover and N. divisions of the county of
Southampton, 5 miles (W. by N.) from Andover; containing, with the hamlets of Lower and Upper Shoddesden, 391 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued
in the king's books at £25. 12. 1., and in the gift of
the Rev. Charles Randolph: the tithes have been commuted for £530, and the glebe comprises 50 acres. The
church has been repaired, and much improved by the
erection of a tower. Mr. George Soles, of Kimpton
Lodge, bequeathed £200, to be vested in the funds for
the benefit of the poor. The late Dr. Goodenough,
Bishop of Carlisle, was born in the parish.
Kinder
KINDER, a hamlet, in the chapelry of Hayfield,
parish of Glossop, union of Hayfield, hundred of
High Peak, N. division of the county of Derby, 4½
miles (N.) from Chapel-en-le-Frith; containing 130 inhabitants. Kinder Scout, in the vicinity, is said to be
the highest hill in the county.
Kinderton, with Hulme
KINDERTON, with Hulme, a township, in the
parish of Middlewich, union and hundred of Northwich, S. division of the county of Chester, 1½ mile
(E. S. E.) from Middlewich; containing 555 inhabitants. The powerful barons of Kinderton had possessions here at the time of the Conquest; and until about
the end of the sixteenth century, they exercised the right
of inflicting capital punishment for crimes committed
within the barony. The township comprises 1356 acres
of land, of a clayey soil, with some sand. The river
Dane passes on the north. The impropriate tithes have
been commuted for £39.
Kineton, county of Warwick.—See Kington.
KINETON, county of Warwick.—See Kington.
Kinfare, or Kinver (St. Peter)
KINFARE, or Kinver (St. Peter), a parish, in
the union, and S. division of the hundred, of Seisdon,
S. division of the county of Stafford, 4 miles (W. S. W.)
from Stourbridge; containing 2207 inhabitants. This
place was anciently a borough and market-town of some
importance, but the weekly market has long been discontinued, and the market-house pulled down. It was
noted for the manufacture of woollen-cloth, and has now
several forges for the manufacture of bar, rod, and sheet
iron, and iron-wire. One of them, at a place called
"The Hyde," is said to have been the first rolling and
slitting mill in England; the works here are now carried
on by Messrs. Lee and Bolton. A mill for the making
of screws on a peculiar principle, is conducted under the
immediate superintendence of the patentee, Mr. T. M.
Woodyatt; and there is a large manufactory for spades
and implements of husbandry. The parish comprises
by admeasurement 8926 acres; the soil is fertile. There
is an abundance of red sandstone, of which part of the
church was built; but, from the facility of procuring
bricks, it is not much used. The Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton railway runs on the borders of the
parish; the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal
passes through its centre, and within its limits is joined
by the Stourbridge Extension canal. Fairs for cattle,
sheep, and horses are held on the last Tuesday in February, the second Tuesday in May, and the first Tuesday in December.
The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £151;
patrons and impropriators, certain Trustees. The church
is a very ancient structure, in the Norman style, with
later additions; the east window is of elegant design,
and enriched with flowing tracery. A schoolroom was
erected at Halfcot in 1837, at the expense of J. H. H.
Foley, Esq., in which divine service is performed by licence: Mr. Foley gives £35 per annum to the minister,
and also supports the school, it being on his own estate.
The Primitive Methodists have a place of worship.
There is a free grammar school, in support of which
William Vynsent, in the 34th of Elizabeth, bequeathed
land which, with subsequent gifts, produces about £200
a year; the school was rebuilt in 1819: it has one exhibition to Oxford or Cambridge. A national school is
maintained by subscription. The Stewponey Agricultural Society, under the presidency of Mr. Foley, was
established in 1841, on principles similar to those of the
Royal Agricultural Society; it is supported by 200 gentlemen and farmers of the district, and attached to it is
a club or benefit society. Within the parish is an ancient fortification, forming a parallelogram, deeply intrenched on two sides, and on the other two defended
by a hill: in the neighbourhood is a tumulus; and here
also was a large block of stone, called Battlestone, six
feet high, and about twelve in girth, but it has been removed. Cardinal Pole was born at Stourton Castle, in
the parish.
Kingcombe, Nether and Over
KINGCOMBE, Nether and Over, a tything, in the
parish of Toller-Porcorum, union of Dorchester,
hundred of Beaminster-Forum and Redhone, Bridport division of the county of Dorset, 6 miles (E. by S.)
from Beaminster; containing 185 inhabitants.
Kingerby (St. Peter)
KINGERBY (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of
Caistor, N. division of the wapentake of Walshcroft,
parts of Lindsey, county of Lincoln, 5 miles (N. W.)
from Market-Rasen; containing 106 inhabitants. The
living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at £5;
net income, £287; patron and impropriator, J. Young,
Esq. Thomas Bell, in 1675, founded an almshouse
containing 6 tenements, and endowed it with funds now
producing £100 per annum.
Kingham (St. Andrew)
KINGHAM (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of
Chipping-Norton, hundred of Chadlington, county
of Oxford, 4¼ miles (W. S. W.) from Chipping-Norton;
containing 555 inhabitants. This parish is bounded on
the west by the river Evenlode, which separates it from
the county of Gloucester; and comprises by admeasurement 1841 acres, of which 1081 are arable, 445
meadow, and 245 common. The soil in some parts is a
rich loam, in others clay alternated with gravel; the
surface has a gentle slope towards the south, and the
meadows and pastures are occasionally subject to inundation. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £17. 11. 8.; patron and incumbent, the Rev.
J. W. Lockwood, whose tithes have been commuted for
£685. 15., and whose glebe comprises 100 acres. The
church is an ancient structure, in the early English style,
with a tower; the chancel was erected by an ancestor
of the present incumbent, who also built the rectoryhouse, in 1685.
Kingmoor
KINGMOOR, an extra-parochial liberty, in the union
of Carlisle, Eskdale ward, E. division of Cumberland, 2 miles (N. W. by N.) from Carlisle; containing
412 inhabitants. It comprises 1100 acres, and belongs
to the corporation of Carlisle, the freemen of which city
hold their guild races here on Ascension-day.