Kilkhampton

Other current and historical names

Chilchetone

Built-Up Area: Kilkhampton
Parish/Community: Kilkhampton
Unitary Authority: Cornwall
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°52'32"N 4°29'2"W
Eastings/Northings: 225342, 111411
OS Grid: SS253114
Mapcode Local: GBR K4.T5X6
Mapcode Global: FRA 16HS.GXX

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Kilkhampton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Kilkhampton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Kilkhampton, par. and vil., Cornwall. 4 miles NE. of Stratton, 8272 ac. (195 water), pop. 975; P.O., T.O. Hervey is said to have framed his Meditations in the churchyard of Kilkhampton.

Kilkhampton in the Domesday Book

A village in Stratton hundred, in the county of Cornwall.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 7 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £18 in 1086
- Households: 26 villagers; 23 smallholders; 20 slaves
- Plough Teams: 9 lord's ploughs; 26 men's ploughs (40 plough lands)
- Meadow: 30 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
- Pasture: 5 furlongs
- Animals in 1086: 50 cattle; 20 pigs

British Place Names

Kilkhampton, Cornwall

Kilkhampton is a village in Cornwall

Kilkhampton in historic gazetteers

Kilkhampton in the Domesday Book