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Lands common to Axminster and Kilmington

Coordinates: 50°46′29″N 3°01′08″W / 50.7747°N 3.0190°W / 50.7747; -3.0190
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Lands common to Axminster and Kilmington
Lands common to Axminster and Kilmington is located in Devon
Lands common to Axminster and Kilmington
Lands common to Axminster and Kilmington
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  • Lands common to Axminster and Kilmington
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50°46′29″N 3°01′08″W / 50.7747°N 3.0190°W / 50.7747; -3.0190

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]

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.[2][3][4][5]

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  1. ^ a b Michael Aston, "Estates and Boundaries" in Interpreting the Landscape: Landscape Archaeology and Local History, 1985, p. 41.
  2. ^ Youngs, F. (1979). Local Administrative Units: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. p. 89.
  3. ^ 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'.
  4. ^ 1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
  5. ^ 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes