Kilmington

from

A Topographical Dictionary of England

by

 Samuel Lewis (1831)

Transcript copyright Mel Lockie (Sep 2016)

KILMINGTON, a parish in the hundred of AXMINSTER,county of DEVON, 1¾ mile (W. by S.) fromAxminster, containing 484 inhabitants. The living is aperpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Axminster,in the archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The churchis dedicated to St. Giles. The river Axe runs throughthe parish. There is a fair for cattle on the first Wednesdayin September. Kilmington has the privilege ofsending two boys to Axminster free school.