Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KILMINGTON

KILMINGTON, a village and a parish in Axminster district, Devon. The village stands adjacent to the river Axe, near the Yeovil and Exeter railway, 1 mile W by S of Axminster; was originally called Kilmenton; is said to have got that name, signifying " the place of slain men, '' from a great slaughter of Danes at it in the time of Athelstan; and has a post office under Axminster, and a cattle fair on the first Wednesday of Sept. The parish comprises 1, 760 acres. Real property, £3, 252. Pop., 518. Houses, 107. The manor belonged to the Torringtons; but a great portion of the land came, about 200 years ago, into the possession of the Tucker family. Coryton Hall, the seat ofTucker, Esq., is a noble mansion of 1756, and commands fine views of the Axe and the Yarty valleys. Kilmington hill is noted as the peculiar habitat of Lobelia urens. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Axminster, in the diocese of Exeter. The church, with the exception of the tower, was rebuilt in 1862; comprises nave, aisles, and chancel; and is in the later English style. There is a Baptist chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kilmington CP/Ch       Axminster RegD/PLU       Devon AncC
Place names: KILMENTON     |     KILMINGTON
Place: Kilmington

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