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Kilkhampton

Kilkhampton (Cornish: Tregylgh) was once called Kilhamland. It is situated in the Deanery of Trigg Major and Hundred of Stratton. It is bounded on the north by Morewenstow, on the east by Bradworthy and Sutcombe in Devon, on the south by Pancrasweek in Devon, Launcells and Poughill, and on the west by the sea, The 'hampton' part of the name is of English origin. 'Kilk' may be derived from the Cornish kylgh, 'a circle'. This ancient settlement is the most northerly village in Cornwall, situated on high ground astride the A39. It is on the old Ridgeway to the south-west and which was incorporated by the Romans in their network of roads. Kilkhampton is mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086 in an entry "The King holds Chilchetone".

The chief village is the Churchtown. The village still caters for the needs of travellers and has a variety of shops and accommodation for tourists.

Cemeteries

• The Cornwall Family History Society have published Monumental Inscriptions for the Methodist Chapel - 126 entries.

Census

Census information for this parish (1841 - 1901) is held in the Cornwall Record Office. The Cornwall Family History Society offers a census search service for its members. The Cornwall Family History Society have also published on-line census detail by surname on the FamilyHistoryonLine site.

Specific census information for this parish is available as follows:

• 1841. The 1841 Census of Kilkhampton (HO107/151), Enumeration Districts 1 to 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1851.
  • The 1851 Census of Kilkhampton (HO107/1897), Enumeration Districts 2a, 2b, 2d and 2e, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
  • The New Zealand Society of Genealogists have compiled separate surname indexes of the 1851 Census for each Cornish registration district; Kilkhampton is listed in Volume 5. The booklets are available in Cornwall at the Cornwall Centre, (formerly known as the Cornish Studies Library), and is also available in the Cornwall FHS Library.
• 1861.The 1861 Census of Kilkhampton (RG9/1512) is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project as follows:
  • Enumeration Districts 1 to 3.
  • Enumeration District 4.
• 1871. The 1871 Census of Kilkhampton (RG10/2214), Enumeration District 1 (including schools) and 2 to 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1881. The 1881 Census of Kilkhampton (RG11/2269), Enumeration Districts 1 [including Workhouses], and 2 to 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.
• 1891. The 1891 Census of Kilkhampton (RG12/1796), Enumeration Districts 1 (including Workhouse) to 4, is available on-line from the Cornwall Online Census project.

Church History

• Anglican. The parish church is located in OS Grid Square SS2511 and was dedicated to St James. It comprises a chancel, nave, and north and south aisles. In 1860 the whole building was extensively restored, the whole east end was rebuilt and new windows inserted. The arcades each have seven four-centred arches of granite, supported on slender pillars of the same material. The lofty tower is of three stages, and is finished with battlements and pinnacles; it contains six bells.
  
  A Mission Church was built at Stibb in 1884; details about the plans of the modern church are available on-line.
• Non-Conformist. The Wesleyan Methodists and the Bible Christians had chapels in the Churchtown.

Church Records

• LDS Church Records.
  • The LDS Church batch numbers for Kilkhampton are: C007172, E007172, M007171, P007171, Bible Christian Circuit C065171/2, and the Wesleyan Methodist Circuit C150911. These are searchable by surname.
  • The IGI coverage of this parish is 1539 - 1876.
• The Cornwall Record Office holdings: Baptisms 1539 - 1932, Burials 1537 - 1961, Marriages 1539 - 1966, Boyd's Marriage Index 1539 - 1812, Pallot's Marriage Index 1800 - 1812, Non-Conformist records 1817 - 1837.
• UK Genogold have produced a list of some baptisms, marriages, burials and graves recorded at Kilkhampton.
• The Cornwall Family History Society have published on-line transcripts of:
  • Pre 1813 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Marriages
  • 1813-37 Burials.
• Baptisms.
  • Baptisms 1753 to 1839 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • Kilhampton Bible Christian baptisms (in two registers) 1817 to 1909 and 1860 to 1896, and Wesleyan-Methodist Chapel baptisms 1836 to 1911, are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
  • The Cornish Forefathers' Society have published on CD, baptisms 1725 to 1840 for this parish.
• Marriages.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Marriages 1539 to 1837, which is available in CD or downloadable .pdf file formats.
  • Phillimore's marriages 1539 to 1812 for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Burials.
  • The Cornwall Family History Society have published transcripts of: Parish Burials 1813 to 1837, which is available in Book and CD formats.
  • Burials 1598 to 1838, and 1813 to 1911, for this parish are available on-line through the OPC search Facility - (C-PROP).
• Other Non-Conformist Records. OPC Coverage of Non-Conformist records of this parish is available.

Civil Registration

The parish of Kilkhampton is in the Stratton Registration District, and has been since 1st July 1837; there were sub-districts at Kilkhampton, Stratton and Week St Mary but these have now been abolished. Parishes within the district are: Jacobstow, Kilkhampton, Launcells, Marhamchurch, Morwenstow, Poughill, Poundstock, St. Gennys, Stratton, Stratton and Bude, Week St. Mary, Whitstone. The Superintendant Registrar can be contacted at: The Parkhouse Centre, Ergue Gaberic Way, Bude, EX23 8LF. Tel: 01288 353209.

Description & Travel

• ePodunk's Cornwall page - providing general, plus some historical and genealogical information, about Cornwall and its parishes, together with links (mainly relating to general sites and services, rather than ones that are specific to Cornwall or particular parishes).

Directories

• Links to on-line Directories have been withdrawn.

Genealogy

• OPC Assistance. The On-line Parish Clerk (OPC) scheme operates a service to help family historians; the OPC page for this parish is available on-line, from where the OPC can be contacted by email.
• Mailing Lists. There is a mailing list for Kilkhampton. The list discusses all genealogy to do with the town and parish. To join or leave a list, send an email to: eng-cornwall-kilkhampton-l@rootsweb.com with the single word 'subscribe' or unsubscribe (as appropriate) in the text. The subscribing/unsubscribing (joining/leaving) process is entirely automatic. It should be realised that there isn't any person involved in adding or subtracting list members, so such messages should not be sent to the mailing list itself; they will not be actioned.

Historical Geography

• Kilkhampton (Rilchetona, Chilchetone), Grid Reference 253114.

Maps

• Map of the Stratton Registration District in which the parish lies.
• An old map of the parish of Kilkhampton in the 19th century is also available.

Occupations

Apprenticeship Indentures for Kilkhampton (1803 - 1836) can be found in the Cornwall Record Office.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

Kilkhampton parish was part of the Stratton Union for Poor Law administration and parish relief.

Population

Statistics

The parish comprises 8493 acres of land.

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