Lands common to Axminster and Kilmington
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  Lands common to Axminster and Kilmington Location within Devon | |
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The lands common to Axminster and Kilmington civil parishes are an area of meadowland on the banks of the River Axe that is shared between the civil parishes of Axminster and Kilmington in East Devon.[1] The lands common to the two parishes are close to Newenham Abbey, which is in the parish of Axminster.[1]
303 people live on the lands common to Axminster and Kilmington.[2]
Some contemporary administrative documents treat the descriptive phrase "Lands common to Axminster and Kilmington" (or a similar variation) as the name of a civil parish in its own right.[3][4][5][6]
Further reading[edit]
- "intercommoning" in Oxford Reference.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Michael Aston, "Estates and Boundaries" in Interpreting the Landscape: Landscape Archaeology and Local History, 1985, p. 41.
- ^ 2021 census of England and Wales
- ^ Youngs, F. (1979). Local Administrative Units: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. p. 89.
- ^ 1951 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'AC, MB, UD, RD; Wards of CB, MB; CP, NT'.
- ^ 1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
- ^ 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes
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