Lands common to Axminster and Kilmington

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]

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Lands common to Axminster and Kilmington
Lands common to Axminster and Kilmington Location within Devon
Civil parish	Lands common to Axminster and Kilmington
District	East Devon
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Devon 50°46′29″N 3°01′08″W / 50.7747°N 3.0190°W / 50.7747; -3.0190
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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]

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

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