Kimcote and Walton
Farm shop in Walton
Kimcote and Walton is located in Leicestershire
Kimcote and Walton
Kimcote and Walton
Location within Leicestershire
Population600 (2011)
OS grid referenceSP589866
Civil parish
  • Kimcote and Walton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLEICESTER
Postcode districtLE17
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

Kimcote and Walton is a civil parish situated in the Harborough district, in Leicestershire, England, approximately 4 miles north east of Lutterworth. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 600.[1] The parish includes the villages of Kimcote and Walton (historically also known as Walton in Knaptoft). All Saints Parish Church is situated in Kimcote. Walton once had a church but it was defunct in about 1630. Walton still has a Baptist Chapel and a Public House, the Dog and Gun.

The parish was created in 1898 from the merger of the civil parishes on Kimcote and Walton in Knaptoft.[2]

The parish was the base for many stockingers[3] during the 19th century.

References

  1. "Civil Parish 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  2. "Kimcote and Walton CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit | Vision of Britain website". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. "www.leicestershirevillages.com/uploads/frameworkknitting.doc". leicestershirevillages.com. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

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