The Consultant is Cathy Day
The OPC Role may be shared
Parish Review Completed 24th May 2024 by Teresa Lewis
Contiguous Parishes (Our Neighbours)
Brewham (SOM) – Bruton (SOM) – Maiden Bradley – Mere – Stourton
Websites of Interest
Cathy Day – OPC for Mere, has her own website which can be visited via this link.
Brief History of Kilmington
The Parish Church of St. Mary
St. Mary’s Gallery St. Mary’s Interior Gallery St. Mary’s Churchyard Gallery
Rectors List Revd. Francis Potter 1594-1678 St. Mary’s Census 1851 Elizabeth Neat Benefaction Tablet John Hooper Benefaction Tablet 1894
Incorporated Church Building Society Grant 1868 & 1906
Church Tower restored 1906 Church Interior Memorial Inscriptions Extracts from the Parish Register
Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions
Parish Registers held at WSHC
Baptisms 1596-1954
Marriages 1583-1992
Burials 1582-1998
Burials
Parish History
The village lies in the extreme west of the county on the Somerset Border. The parish includes the hamlet of Norton Ferris. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 292. It lies on the northern edge of the ancient Selwood Forest. Whitesheet Hill is in the far east of the parish, and Long Knoll (288m above sea level) is a long ridge on the northern boundary of the parish. Until 1896 Kilmington was in Somerset. The parish was part of the Norton Ferris Hundred.
Buildings and Land
Public Houses
Red Lion, B3092
The pub is over 400 years old, a former farm and post house.
Crime and Legal Matters
Crime Reports
Directories
Education
Emigration and Migration
Employment and Business
Miscellaneous Documents
Non Conformity and Other Places of Worship
Adventists
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
The chapel was built in 1847. After closure in 1972 it was sold for residential use.
Census 1851 John Hooper Benefaction Tablet 1894
People and Parish Notables
Census Returns Transcripts
Elections. Polls and Voters Lists
Family Notices
Sport
Cricket Club Supper and Meeting 1899
Poor Law, Charity and the Workhouse
Probate
War, Conflict and Military Matters
War Memorials & Military Gallery
St. Mary’s War Memorial Plaque
WWI
Casualties
WWII
Civil Defence
