HEMPSTON (LITTLE), a parish in the hundred
of HAYTOR, county of DEVON, 1 mile (N. by E.) from
Totness, containing 323 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Totness, and diocese, of
Exeter, rated in the king's books at £ 19, 15. 2., and in
the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated
to St. John the Baptist.