Description
King's Nympton, a village and a parish in Devonshire. The village stands near the river Mole, 2 1/4 miles E of South Molton Road station on the L. & S.W.R., and 4 N of Chulm-leigh. It has a post and money order office under Chulmleigh; telegraph office, South Molton. Acreage, 5554; population, 584. King's Nympton Park is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter; gross value, £860 with residence. The church is ancient, consists of nave, S aisle, N transept, and chancel, with tower and spire, and has a handsome carved oak screen. There are a chapel for Bible Christians and an endowed school with £12 a year.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
