Kinoulton

The Library at Nottingham will prove useful in your research.

The Library at Bingham is also an excellent resource.

Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of St. Luke's church graveyard on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2017.

• The parish was in the Ratcliffe upon Trent sub-district of the Bingham Registration District until November, 1883.
   
• In November, 1881, this parish was reassigned to the Bingham sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• The original Anglican parish church was dedicated to Saint Wilfred and it stood about a half mile west of the village. This church was long in ruins and was taken down in 1793, but the old churchyard remains with some 34 headstones.
   
• The new Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Luke.
   
• This church was built in 1793 of red brick near the center of the village.  It was built by Henry Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough who was the then lord of the manor.
   
• The church was restored in 1856.
   
• The church was repaired and restored in 1925-26.
   
• Saint Luke's Church is a Grade II structure with English Heritage.
   
• Richard CROFT has a photograph of St. Luke's Church on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2013.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST also has a photograph of St. Luke's Church on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2011.
   

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1606 for baptisms and burials. Marriages start in 1654.
   
• The first marriage solemnized in the new church of St. Like was between William WOODWARD and Elizabeth TAYLOR on 27 November 1794.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of South Bingham.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel here that was rebuilt in 1831. They rebuilt the chapel in 1878, but the Welseyan group faded away and the building is now a private residence.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the old Methodist Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2014.
   

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Ratcliffe upon Trent sub-district of the Bingham Registration District until November, 1883.
   
• In November, 1881, this parish was reassigned to the Bingham sub-district of the Bingham Registration District.
   

This village and parish stand on the Grantham Canal near the Fosse way, about 116 miles north of London, 7 miles south-south-west of Bingham, about and 10 miles south-east of Nottingham. The parish covers 3,070 acres and includes an area called Newbold. The parish has a chalybeate spring on the hill above the village. Lodge-on-the-Wolds is normally considered part of this parish, but was a separate extra-parochial area.

The village was anciently called Newbold. If you are planning a visit:

• Check out the village website for current events and information.
   
• There is a photo montage of the village at the Panoramio webiste.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2011. This is a good place to visit and to look at a schedule of forth-coming events. The Hall can be hired for a family re-union!
   
• Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2022.
   
• By automobile, the village is just north off of the A46 trunk road where it intersects with the A606.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Bus stop / village notice board on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2011.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• We have an extract from White's 1853 Directory relating to this parish.
   

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Kinoulton to another place.

Daniel HOCKLEY reports that:

• John POLLARD marr. Mary PEAT 17 January 1743
• Mary POLLARD daughter of John & Mary Bur. 29 May 1744
• Mary POLLARD daughter of John & Mary bapt. 23 Oct 1744
• Mary POLLARD wife of John, Bur. 4 Dec 1747
• John POLLARD marr. Mary KETTLEBAND 23 Feb. 1747
• John POLLARD marr. Mary RETTLEBAND(sic) 23 Feb. 1748
• Joseph POLLARD son of John & Mary bapt. 15 Feb 1747

The "new style" calendar ("Gregorian") was adopted in 1751.

• The village used to be located higher on the hill, but it "migrated" downhill when the canal opened. There are several "lost" hamlets in the parish boundaries, one of which was Warberge.
   
• Legend has it that in 1687 a palace stood on a piece of land later known as Old Grange. The palace was occupied by CRANMER, then Bishop of Llandaff. This is unlikely, as CRANMER never held that title. Historical fact tells us that CRANMER's sister was married to Harold ROSELL who purchased the grange, and this fact has been distorted over time and elevated to palatial status.
   
• Plague visited the valley in 1604.
   
• The parish was primarily a grazing area, but small farms also grew wheat, beans and barley.
   
• The village used to hold a feast on the first Sunday after Saint Luke's day (late October).
   
• Shortly after World War I, Sir Jesse William HIND planted an avenue of 184 Lombardy Poplar trees to honor his son, Lt. Jesse Francis M. HIND of the Sherwood Foresters who was killed in action on the Somme in 1916. Sadly, due to age and hazard, most of these trees were felled in 2008. The parish council has funded the planting of replacement Poplar saplings to restore this unique sight.  Lt. HIND went by the nickname of "Monty".

Timothy HEATON has a photograph of The Manor House at Hall Lane on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2021.

• See our Maps page for additional resources.
   

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK676307 (Lat/Lon: 52.869541, -0.997188), Kinoulton which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• In 1814, at the abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte, the village held a great celebration. The vicar at the time, Thomas HOE, wrote an account of how on a hot July day they feasted from dawn to dusk, and had bell ringing, dancing, and bands playing on the green before they burnt an effigy of Napoleon. Thomas HOE was vicar until his death in 1848.
   
• The parish planted a row of Poplar Trees as a memorial to the 60 soldiers who died on the Somme, France, in World War I.
   
• Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the rows of Poplar Trees on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2017.
   
• There is a War Memorial plaque in St.Luke's Church. 29 names are listed, five of whom made the ultimate sacrifice.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the external War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2011. This stands near the school on Main Street, west of the Grantham Canal and includes names from World War II. It is known as the Kinoulton Village Hall Car Park memorial.
   
• There is also a Vimy Ridge Farm Plaque dedicated to the memory of the fallen servicemen of Kinoulton. It appears to focus on Sherwood Forester members.
   

The names on the Kinoulton Village Hall Car Park memorial are:

• Edward COX, private, 13th Bn, Liverpool Regt., son of William and Sarah A Cox.
   
• Reuben FAIRHOLM, private, 1st Bn, Leicestershire Regt., son of Joseph and Emma Cull Fairholm.
   
• Frank STOKES, private, 1st Bn, Sherwood Foresters, son of John and Ellen Stokes of Upper Broughton.
   
• George STOKES, lance corporal, 5th Bn Dorset Regt., son of John and Ellen Stokes.
   
• Harry WILD, private, 1st Bn, Leicestershire Regt., son of Edward Herrick Wild and Betsy Allen.
   

The plaque in St. Luke's Church has the following names (THEY WHO MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE):

1. EDWARD COX
2. REUBEN FAIRHOLM
3. FRANK STOKES
4. GEORGE STOKES
5. HARRY WILD

--------- AND THEY WHO RETURNED ---------

1. HERBERT EAST
2. HAROLD GARDNER
3. LEONARD GARDNER
4. HARRY GRAY
5. JOSEPH GREEN
6. LEWIS GREEN
7. FREDERICK HERRICK
8. HERBERT HERRICK
9. WILLIAM JACKSON
10. WILLIAM KNIGHT
11. GEORGE OXBY
12. THOMAS OXBY
13. ADOLPHUS PEET
14. CHARLES PICKERING
15. CECIL POLLARD
16. LEONARD POLLARD
17. ARTHUR SMITH
18. JAMES SMITH
19. BARRY STOKES
20. REUBEN TINSLEY
21. WILFRID WILD
22. GEORGE WILSON
23. RICHARD WYER

Beneath this monument is a plaque to Lieutenant Claude William Henry DOBBS (born 1885) of Bridge House, Kinoulton, who died from pneumonia in Carlisle in March 1941. He had been taken ill within a few days of taking up a military appointment in the north of England in the Pioneer Corps and is buried in the churchyard.  He was the husband of Helen DOBBS, of East Bridgford.
CLAUDE W. H. DOBBS

In the entrance lobby of the church is a plaque for the church tower that states:

THE CLOCK IN THIS TOWER
IS DEDICATED IN LOVING MEMORY
OF WILHELMINA and
ROBERT AUGUSTINE BIBBY
BY THEIR ELDEST DAUGHTER
MAY S. WALLACE.
1958
- O PERFECT LOVE –

There are several commemorative plaques in the lobby:

Duncan Stewart Collins 1949 to 2009
Swift nest boxes were installed in St. Luke’s church tower,
and trees and shrubs planted in the churchyard, as part of
a Nature Conservation Project begun in memory of Duncan
who enjoyed the wildlife and the tranquility of this place.

And:

THESE DOORS WERE THE GIFT OF
LAURIE & HERBERT MONTGOMERY
1964
IN MEMORY OF
THOMAS MONTGOMERY
A LOVING HUSBAND & BROTHER
“IN HEAVENLY LOVE ABIDING”

And:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
TIMOTHY HOWARD PRICE
OBIT 17TH SEPTEMBER 1957
AGED 4 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS
THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED POUNDS
WAS GIVEN BY HIS PARENTS
RICHARD ANTHONY AND MERVYN JEAN
TOWARDS THE HEATING SYSTEM
OF THIS CHURCH.

On the north wall of the chancel is a small plaque recording the gift of the sanctuary lights in memory of Eliza EGGLESTON:

THE SANCTUARY LIGHTS WERE GIVEN BY
THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS
IN MEMORY OF
ELIZA EGGLESTON
WHO DIED FEB 25TH 1973

• This place was an ancient parish in county Nottingham and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
   
• The parish was in the southern division of the ancient Bingham Wapentake (Hundred) in the southern division of the county.
   
• Lodge-on-the-Wolds was made into a separate Civil Parish in 1858, but was abolished as such in 1896. When it was abolished, the land was amalgamated into Cotgrove Civil Parish.
   
• You can contact the local Kinoulton Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to answer family history questions.
   
• District governance is provided by the Rushcliffe Borough Council.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2011. When it is open, stop in and ask for a schedule of forth-coming events.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Bingham petty session hearings every other Thursday.
   
• After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, this parish became part of the Bingham Poor Law Union.
   

Year	Kinoulton	Lodge
1801	275
1841	388
1851	405	7
1871	391	-
1881	331	-
1891	317	-
1901	263	5
1911	267	-
1921	238	-

• There is a record of a School here in 1289.
   
• A National School was built here in 1847.
   
• Kinoultan Primary School has an Internet website, but there is no history or old school logs.