Kilmington

Other current and historical names

Kilmenton
Chenemetone
Chienemetona

Parish/Community: Kilmington
District/Borough: East Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°46'21"N 3°1'46"W
Eastings/Northings: 327500, 97500
OS Grid: SY275975
Mapcode Local: GBR PF.YPM7
Mapcode Global: FRA 47J1.KKD

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Kilmington within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Kilmington in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Kilmington.-- par. and vil., Devon, 1½ mile SW. of Axminster, 1760 ac., pop. 501; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is Kilmington Hall.

Kilmington in the Domesday Book

A village in Axminster hundred, in the county of Devon.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Leofwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 8 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 6 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Woodland: 6 acres
- Pasture: 12 mixed measures
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
- Animals in 1086: 3 cattle

British Place Names

Kilmington, Devon

Kilmington is a village in Devon

Kilmington in historic gazetteers

Kilmington in the Domesday Book