HAMPTON (HIGH), a parish in the hundred of
BLACK-TORRINGTON, county of DEVON, 3 miles (w.
from Hatherleigh, containing 282 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Totness, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the king's books
at £8. 19. 4. J. M. Woolcombe, Esq. was patroa
in 1810. The church, dedicated to the Holy Cross,
has a plain Norman door: it is situated on a very high
hill, and serves as a land-mark for the surrounding
country. Here is a small charity school.