WHIMPLE, a parish in the hundred of CLISTON,
county of DEVON, 4 miles (W.N.W.) from Ottery St.
Mary, containing, with a portion of the tything of
Rawleigh, which is in this parish, 557 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Exeter, rated in the king's books at £30, and in the
patronage of the Duke of Bedford. The church is dedicated
to St. Mary. A fair for sheep is held on the
Monday before Michaelmas-day.