Kilmington, Devon

[1] Kilmington is a major part of Newbridges electoral ward whose population at the above census was 2,358.

[2] It includes Coryton, the grade II listed surviving wing of a brick house with Portland stone dressings built in 1754–1756 by Benedictus Marwood Tucker, sheriff of Devon in 1763.

He built the old house, which passed to his son William, High Sheriff of Devon for 1726, who lived there until 1748.

[3] The parish church of St. Giles was rebuilt in 1862, it contains a large marble monument to Thomas Southcott of Dulshayes that was erected in 1735.

The church itself was built around the tower, an earlier structure featuring a six-bell peal and gargoyles.

Kilmington Church