GENUKI/Devon: High Hampton

HIGH HAMPTON

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

"HIGH HAMPTON, a parish in the hundred of Black Torrington, county Devon, 4 miles W. of Hatherleigh. It is situated near the river Torridge. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Exeter, value £198. The church of the Holy Cross stands on a hill, and has recently been rebuilt, with the exception of its ancient tower, which contains three bells. There is a chapel for Bible Christians: also a small National school built in 1834. J. M. Woolcombe, Esq., is lord of the manor.
"BURDON, a hamlet in the parish of High Hampton, hundred of Black Torrington, in the county of Devon, 4 miles to the W. of Hatherleigh."

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