Nymet St George, Devon Family History Guide
Nymet St George is an Ancient Parish in the county of Devon.
Alternative names: Nymett St George, George Nympton, Nympton St George, St George Nympton
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1599
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598
Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist
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A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
NYMPTON, or Nymett (St. George), a parish, in the union and hundred of South Molton, South Molton and N. divisions of Devon, 2½ miles (S. S. W.) from South Molton; containing 272 inhabitants.
The manor was early in the family of Nymett, and afterwards in that of Hache, from whom it descended, through the Malets, to the Aclands.
The parish is situated on the river Mole, and almost surrounded by the parish of South Molton; the road to Chumleigh passes through the village. A fair has been established.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £9. 19. 2.; net income, £310; patron, Sir T. D. Acland, Bart.; the glebe comprises 100 acres, with a house. The church contains a curious font, and some monuments to the Kanlake family.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Devon
- Civil Registration District: South Molton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple
- Diocese: Exeter
- Rural Deanery: South Molton
- Poor Law Union: South Molton
- Hundred: South Molton
- Province: Canterbury