Kilkhampton (Cornish: Kylgh)[1] is a village and civil parish in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is on the A39 about four miles (6 km) north-northeast of Bude.[2]
Kilkhampton
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  Kilkhampton Location within Cornwall | |
| Population | 1,368 (Civil Parish, 2011) |
| OS grid reference | SS253113 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BUDE |
| Postcode district | EX23 |
| Dialling code | 01288 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Kilkhampton was mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Chilchetone". The population of the parish was 1,193 in the 2001 census.[3] This increased to 1,368 in the 2011 census [4]
The remains of a late Norman period motte-and-bailey castle known as Penstowe Castle are located 500 metres west of the village. Further west, at Stowe is the site of Stowe House, the grand mansion of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, built in 1680 but demolished in 1739: some of the stonework was reused at Penstowe, also in the parish.[5]
Kilkhampton has a post office, a primary school, and a community centre called the Grenville Rooms. There are three general stores, two pubs, and a selection of shops including an electrical goods store. There is also a MOT test station and an agricultural supply depot. The village was surveyed for the Survey of English Dialects[citation needed].
A crater on Mars has been named Kilkhampton.
History
editThe manor of "Chilchetone" was very valuable at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086. It had paid tax on 7 hides in the previous reign and there was land for 40 ploughs. 26 villagers and 23 smallholders had 26 ploughs between them and there was also 30 acres (120,000 m2) of meadow, 20 sq furlongs of pasture and a considerable woodland. The livestock were 50 cattle, 600 sheep, 20 pigs and 40 goats; the annual value was £18.[6]
Kilkhampton Church
editKilkhampton Church, with its magnificent Norman south doorway and lofty buttressed Perpendicular tower of eight bells, is dedicated to St James the Great and is at least 450 years old. But some historians claim parts of it to be around 1000 years old.[citation needed] It is one of many churches dedicated to this saint on a pilgrims' route, which leads ultimately to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. The church contains an impressive monument to the Cornish hero Sir Bevil Grenville. Other features of interest are the south porch (dated 1567), a fine series of benchends of the first half of the 16th century. (The benchends are from the same workshop as those of Launcells and Poughill.)[7]
The tenor bell was found to be cracked in 2006: after repairs, it was re-hung and the full peal of eight bells were first heard again on Sunday 23 September 2007.
In medieval times there was a chapel at Stowe House, licensed in 1386, but dedicated to St Christina in 1519 by Bishop Thomas Vyvyan. At Alderscombe there was another chapel.[8]
Cornish wrestling
editCornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, were held in Kilkhampton in the 1800s.[9]
Notable residents
editSee also People from Kilkhampton
- The England rugby union captain Phil Vickery grew up in the village and his family still own a substantial amount of the surrounding farmland
- Thomas Greenway, Premier of the Canadian province of Manitoba until 1908, was born in the village.
- Sir Bevil Grenville, Royalist commander in the Civil War
- Henry Robinson was Rector in the 1850s[10]
- The author Adelaide Phillpotts lived in Kilkhampton following her marriage in 1952.[11]
References
edit- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 Bude & Clovelly ISBN 978-0-319-23145-6
- ^ [1] GENUKI website. Retrieved April 2001
- ^ "2011 census. Retrieved Feb 2015".
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd ed. Penguin Books
- ^ Thorn, C. et al. (eds.) (1979) Cornwall. Chichester: Phillimore; entry 1, 4
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd ed. Penguin Books
- ^ The Cornish Church Guide. Truro: Blackford; p. 124
- ^ Launceston Weekly News, and Cornwall & Devon Advertiser, 18 June 1859.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Evans, Curtis (11 September 2023). "The Girl and the Faun: Eden Phillpotts, His Crime Fiction and His Strange Relationship with His Daughter Adelaide". Crime Reads. LitHub. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
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