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A parish in Witheridge Hundred, the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and the Diocese of Exeter."KING'S NYMPTON is an old irregularly built village of thatched houses, on a bold eminence overlooking the Taw valley, 3½ miles N. by W. of Chulmleigh, and 5½ miles S.S.W. of South Molton. Its parish contains 777 inhabitants and 5539 acres of land, including many scattered houses, 91A. of orchards, 540A. of woods, and about 900A. of moor and coarse pasture land, which has been brought into cultivation during the last ten years. The manor was anciently part of the royal demesne, and was given by Henry III. to Roger de la Zouche. It afterwards passed successively to the Cornwall, Pollard, Northcote, and Buller families. It was purchased of the latter, about 12 years ago, by the present owner, James Tanner, Esq., of King's Nympton Park, a handsome and pleasant seat on the east bank of the river Mole. . . He owns the greater part of the parish, and has brought much of the moor land into fine cultivation. Mrs. Byne has a manor here, formerly belonging to the Brown and Melhuish families; and part of the parish belongs to several smaller owners. The Church (St. James,) is a fine ancient structure, with a tower, crowned by a tall wooden spire. . . . The rectory . . . is in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. F.A. Savile, who has a thatched residence and 96A. 1R. 18P. of glebe. . . . " [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
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Snetzler, M.F. North Devon Surname Index to the Census. Microfiche: M.F. Snetzler, Barcott, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Devon EX39 5LN. [Covers 1841, 1861, 1871 and 1881 census records for this parish]
Kings Nympton - from J. Stabb. Some Old Devon Churches (London: 1908-16).
The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Marriages 1754-1837 - for details see their book list.
Nothing entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993).
Lega-Weekes, Ethel. Early parish registers: Kingsnympton. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 12:5, (1923) pp.203-204. [Refers to vol.11, pp.69. Examination of early pages of register.]
The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
Pollard, W.B. The Pollards of Kings Nympton. Typescript [1961?] 100p. [Westcountry Studies Library - s929.2/POL]
Kings Nympton contributors to a 1678 brief for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral.
Ryall, David. Lest We Forget, War memorials around South Molton. South Molton Archive, 68pp. [ISBN 0 951236 1 4] [Provides an indexed list of names]
Extracts from Trewman's Exeter Flying Post, relating to Kings Nympton, provided by Lindsey Withers.
South Molton and District Archive Local History Society web-site (archived copy) - provides details of archive holdings for the twenty-eight parishes in what used to be the South Molton Rural District, lists of publications, etc.
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