KIMBLEWORTH, a parish (formerly), in the western
division of CHESTER ward, county palatine of
DURHAM, 3 miles (N. by W.) from Durham, containing
32 inhabitants. The living, a rectory rated in the
king's books at £3. 6. 8., and endowed with £200
royal bounty, was united, in 1593, to the perpetual curacy
of Witton-Gilbert, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the
Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church has long
since fallen to decay, and the place is now considered
a liberty (extra-parochial).