NYMPTON (KING'S), a parish in the hundred of
WITHERIDGE, county of DEVON, 3 -miles (N.) from
Chulmleigh, containing 623 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and diocese
of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £28. 6. 8.
The Rev. J. Southcombe was patron in 1820. The
church, dedicated to St. James, has a handsome wooden
screen. A considerable number of poor children are
supported and educated at the expense of - Buller,
Esq., of Nympton-park.