Littlehempston

from

A Topographical Dictionary of England

by

 Samuel Lewis (1831)

Transcript copyright Mel Lockie (Sep 2016)

HEMPSTON (LITTLE), a parish in the hundred of HAYTOR, county of DEVON, 1¾ mile (N. by E.) from Totness, containing 323 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Totness, and diocese, of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £19, 15. 2., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist.