Kinoulton is a village in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

, England

England

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. It is located 10 miles south east of the city of Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,037.
2004 estimates indicate a population of 990

The original settlement was close to the Roman Fosse Way

Fosse Way

The Fosse Way was a Roman road in England that linked Exeter in South West England to Lincoln in Lincolnshire, via Ilchester , Bath , Cirencester and Leicester .It joined Akeman Street and Ermin Way at Cirencester, crossed Watling Street at Venonis south...

, now the A46

A46 road

The A46 is an A road in England. It starts east of Bath, Somerset and ends in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, but it does not form a continuous route. Large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway development...

 trunk road, just north of its junction with the present day A606 Nottingham to Melton Mowbray

Melton Mowbray

Melton Mowbray is a town in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is to the northeast of Leicester, and southeast of Nottingham...

 road. It was close to the site of a civil war battle. Around the time when the Grantham Canal

Grantham Canal

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 was opened in 1797, connecting the town of Grantham

Grantham

Grantham is a market town within the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It bestrides the East Coast Main Line railway , the historic A1 main north-south road, and the River Witham. Grantham is located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, and approximately east of Nottingham...

 in Lincolnshire with the River Trent

River Trent

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 at Nottingham, the centre of the village migrated eastwards, downhill into the Vale of Belvoir

Vale of Belvoir

The Vale of Belvoir is an area of natural beauty on the borders of Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire in England. Indeed, the name itself derives from the Norman-French for beautiful view.-Extent and geology:...

. A new parish church of St Luke was built for the Earl of Gainsborough

Earl of Gainsborough

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 in 1792-93, close to the canal, and is a relatively rare example of a village parish church from this period. It is built in red brick, consisting of a nave and chancel, with a vestry to the north-east and a three-stage tower at the western end. It has been Grade II* listed since 1965. It replaced a church dedicated to St Wilfred which was located to the north of Kinoulton Lane. Although the building was demolished, the churchyard remains and contains a group of 34 headstones dating from the 1700s. The site of the village's pinfold

Pinfold

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, where stray animals were kept if their owners failed to properly supervise their use of common grazing land, is adjacent to the new church, now only remembered in street names.

A moat 1 mile south of the village may have been the site of a grange of Launde Abbey in Leicestershire or Swineshead in Lincolnshire.
There is an ancient graveyard, with some graves dating back to 16th century. This is the graveyard of the settlement of Newbold, which was taken by the plague. Near it is Vimy Ridge Farmhouse, which is broken down and derlict. Evidence would show that disreputable youths have fires in the said place and smash glass bottles against walls, which can endanger passers by, and their dogs (especially Jack russells)