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"KILMINGTON, a village and parish on the western acclivities of Axe valley, two miles W. by S. of Axminster, has 495 souls, and 1763 acres of land. It has a cattle fair on the first Wednesday in September. Wm. Tucker, Esq., owns a great part of the parish, and has a pleasant seat here, called Coryton Park, which was rebuilt by his father in 1756. The CHURCH (St. Giles,) is in the perpendicular style, and has a tower and five bells. The living is a curacy, consolidated with the vicarage of Axminster, to which Kilmington is ecclesiastically a parochial chapelry. The vicarial tithes were commuted in 1841 for £240, and the rectorial for £100 per annum. The latter are in the same appropriation as Axminster. Kilmington sends two children to the charity school at Axminster. The Baptists have a small chapel here. " [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
A parish in Axminster Hundred, in the Archdeaconry and Diocese of Exeter.

General information:

Cemeteries

MIs for this parish are included in the Devon FHS and Incledon indexes - see under Cemeteries on the main Devon page.
Pulman, George P.R. The Book of the Axe. Bath: Kingsmead Reprints (1969) pp. 708-719. (Reprint of 3rd edition, 1875.) [Lookups]

Church History

Carter, N. A Short History of Kilmington Church, (n.d.) [SoG Library, DE Tracts Box]

Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1577 are held in the Devon Record Office - for details see Parish Registers in the Devon Record Office.

Indexed transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1577 are held in a special collection in the Westcountry Studies Library - for details see Parish Registers in the Devon & Cornwall Record Society's Collection.

The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837 - for details see their book list.

Other churches and chapels (with pre-1840 records):

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1577-1837, and Marriages 1577-1589, 1727-1837.
Cornish, Robert (ed.) Kilmington Church Wardens Accounts, MDLVV - MDCVIII. Exeter: William Pollard and Co. (1901).

Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

Genealogy

Reed, Gordon A. The Tucker family of Coryton Park, Devon. Typescript (1983) 97 leaves: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - sx929.2/TUC]
Skinner, A.J.P. Southcott of Dulcishayes, Kilmington. An extension of the pedigree as given by Vivian, page 698. Exeter: Devonshire Association (1916) 12p [Westcountry Studies Library 929.2/SOU]

History

Elliot, G.M. A brief history of Kilmington. [Kilmington]: [B.H.Cudmore] [1981] [80]p: ill, maps. [Westcountry Studies Library - pB/KIL/0001/ELL]
Davidson, James. Collections for Membury and Kilmington. Manuscript [1861?] 326p. [Westcountry Studies Library - sB/MEM/0001/CAW]
Pulman, George P.R. The Book of the Axe. Bath: Kingsmead Reprints (1969) pp. 708-719. (Reprint of 3rd edition, 1875.) [Lookups]

Land and Property

Digitised 1840 tithe maps, including one of this parish, are available on the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership's website.

Names, Personal

Kilmington contributors to a 1678 brief for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral.

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Last updated: 1 Oct 2011 - Brian Randell

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