KILVINGTON, a parish in Newark district, Notts; on the river Devon, at the boundary with Lincoln, 2¼ miles N by W of Bottesford r. station, and 7 S of Newark. It includes the hamlet of Alverton; and its posttown is Elton, under Nottingham. Acres, 900. Real property, £639. Pop., 77. Houses, 15. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to H.Staunton, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £245. Patron, John Lambert, Esq. The church is ancient, and was recently restored.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))