KILMINGTON, a parish in the hundred of AXMINSTER,
county of DEVON, 1 mile (W. byS.) from
Axminster, containing 484 inhabitants. The living is a
perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Axminster,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The church
is dedicated to St. Giles. The river Axe runs through
the parish. There is a fair for cattle on the first Wednesday
in September. Kilmington has the privilege of
sending two boys to Axminster free school.