Kinoulton

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Kinoulton
Kinoulton shown within Nottinghamshire
Population	1037
OS grid reference	SK682310
District	Rushcliffe
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NOTTINGHAM
Postcode district	NG12
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire

Coordinates: 52°52′N 0°59′W / 52.87, -0.99

Kinoulton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 10 miles south east of the city of Nottingham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,037^[1]. The original settlement was close to the Roman Fosse Way, now the A46 trunk road, just north of its junction with the present day A606 Nottingham to Melton Mowbray road. It was close to the site of a civil war battle. Around the time when the Grantham Canal was opened in 1797, connecting the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire with the River Trent at Nottingham, the centre of the village migrated eastwards, downhill into the Vale of Belvoir. A new parish church of St Luke was built for the Earl of Gainsborough 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. The site of the village's pinfold is also adjacent to the church, now only remembered in street names.