Place:Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England

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NameKilkhampton
Alt namesChilchetonasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 60
Chilchetonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 60
TypeVillage, Civil parish
Coordinates50.883°N 4.483°W
Located inCornwall, England
See alsoStratton Hundred, Cornwall, Englandhundred in which it was located
Stratton Rural, Cornwall, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1974
Stratton Registration District, Cornwall, Englandregistration district of which it was part 1837-2007
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Kilkhampton (Cornish: Kylgh) is a village and civil parish in northeast Cornwall, England. The village is on the A39 about four miles (6 km) north-northeast of Bude.

Kilkhampton was mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Chilchetone". The population of the parish was 1,193 in the 2001 census.

The remains of a late Norman period motte-and-bailey castle known as Penstowe Castle are located 500 metres west of the village. Further west, at Stowe is the site of Stowe House, the grand mansion of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, built in 1680 but demolished in 1739: some of the stonework was reused at Penstowe, also in the parish.

Kilkhampton was part of the Stratton Hundred of Cornwall and in Stratton Rural District between 1894 and 1974.

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