KIMPTON, a parish in the hundred of HITCHIN-and-PIRTON,
county of HERTFORD, 4 miles (N.W.
by W.) from Welwyn, containing 866 inhabitants. The
living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon,
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at
£12, and in the patronage of Lord Dacre. The church,
dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, is situated on an
acclivity rising from the north of the village: it has a
square western tower, embattled, and surmounted by a
short spire, and contains a fine screen of oak, with
almost perfect remains of the ancient rood-loft.