Kilmington, Somerset

Description
Kilmington, a parish in Somerset, adjacent to Wiltshire, and not far from Dorset, 3 1/4 miles SE of Witham station on the G.W.R., and 7 ENE of Broton. It includes the tithing of Norton Ferris, and has a post office under Bath; money order and telegraph office, Mere. Acreage, 2875; population, 369. Its name has been written'variously Cilemetone,. Cul-mington, and Kilmanton. The manor belonged anciently to the Crown; was given in the time of Edward I. to the family of Le Port; passed to the Hartgills, and belongs now to the Hoares. Alfred's Tower, with its historical associations, is within the parish. See ALFRED'S TOWER. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; value, £400 with residence. The church was restored in 1872.