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] Kirklington lies on the A617 road between Newark (9½ miles to the east) and Mansfield (10 miles to the west).

Kirklington
Kirklington Location within Nottinghamshire
Population	400 (2011 Census)
District	Newark and Sherwood
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWARK
Postcode district	NG22
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Newark
List of places UK England Nottinghamshire 53.11126°N 0.98560°W / 53.11126; -0.98560

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'.[2]

Notable people

• John Boddam-Whetham (1843–1918), cricketer and naturalist

See also

• St Swithun's Church, Kirklington

References

External links

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