KILMINGTON

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)]

"KILMINGTON, a parish in the hundred of Axminster, county Devon, 2 miles S.W. of Axminster, its post town, 7 S.E. of Honiton, and 23 from Exeter. It is situated on the river Axe, which bounds the parish on the E., and formerly belonged to the Torringtons. The soil is various, and the land chiefly arable. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £100, and the vicarial for £240. The living is a curacy annexed to the vicarage* of Axminster, in the diocese of Exeter. The parish church, dedicated to St. Giles, is an ancient structure, with a tower containing five bells. The Baptists have a place of worship, and there is a parochial school for both sexes. The representatives of the late William Tucker, Esq., are lords of the manor. A fair is held the first Wednesday in September for cattle."