KILKHAMPTON is a township, village and parish, separated on the east from Devon by the river Tamar, 4 miles north from Stratton, 10 north-west from Holsworthy and 5½ Miles north from Bude stations on the London and South Western railway, in the North Eastern division of the county, hundred and petty session division and union of Stratton, Holsworthy county court district, rural deanery of Stratton, archdeaconry of Bodmin and diocese of Truro. The church of St.James is a building of stone in the perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, north and south chapels, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower, with crocketed pinnacles, containing 6 bells: the south doorway, the only remnant of the ancient church is a fine specimen of late Norman work of four orders, and on the porch are the arms of John Granville, rector, with the date 1567 and the legend "Porta Celi" carved thereon: the chancel and side chapels are separated from the nave and aisles by elaborately carved screens, the sanctuary being panelled in oak: the oak choir stalls are finely carved, the panels with the linen pattern and the ends with grotesque figures: the bench ends in the north aisle are carved with emblems of the Passion and initials, in the nave aisle are two with figures of bishops fully vested: the north chapel contains an organ built by Father Schmidt, "circa" 1780, and presented by Lord John Thynne, and a memorial window to Grace, Countess Granville, ob. 1744: in the south chapel is a fine mural monument of marble to Sir Bevil Grenville, of Stowe, in this parish, who fell at Lansdowne, July 5, 1643, and a mural tablet with bust in relief to Henry Frederick, Baron Carteret, d. 1826, and three stained windows to the Granville family: in a vault below the south aisle lie buried various members of the Granville family, Earls of Bath, and in the chancel two former rectors, Oliver Rouse, ob.1561, and Daniel Bollen, ob. 1672: the east window and the west window of the south aisle were given by the tenants on his Granville estate as memorials to Lord John Thynne, sub-dean of Westminster, d. 9. Feb. 1881, and the west window is a memorial to Capt. William Frederick Thynne, of the Rifle Brigade, who fell at Lucknow in 1858: in the south aisle are two stained windows containing figures of British and Cornish saints, and one given by Sir George Stucley bart. And there are various other stained windows, two of which were given by the Misses Coles of Exeter, in memory of their parents: there are brasses to the Rev. John Davis, rector here for 53 years, who died in 1857, and is buried under the porch: the font of granite is a good example of perpendicular work, and bears the arms of the Granville family: the church was restored in 1860, under the direction of the late Sir George Gilbert Scott B.A. at a cost of £4,500, and affords 450 sittings. Radiating from the lynch gate are three fine avenues of lime trees. The register dates from the year 1539. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £390, including 107 acres of glebe, with residence,  

in the gift of F. J. Thynne esq. Of 67 Eaton place, London S W, and held since 1859 by the Rev. Arthur Christopher Thynne M.A., J.P. of Balliol College, Oxford, hon. Canon of Truro, proctor in convocation, rural dean of Stratton and chaplain to the Bishop of Truro. There are two licensed parochial chapels; that of St. Peter at Stibb, consists of chancel and nave, and has a stained window at the east end; it will seat 80 persons; the other at Thurdon, is a plain building, seating 65 persons. The Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1884, at a cost of £1,400, is a building of stone in the Geometrical Gothic style, consisting of chancel and nave: it affords sittings for 250 persons, and has a small burial ground attached. Here is also a chapel for Bible Christians erected in 1865, and renovated in 1894 at a cost of about £200. The church lands produce £77. The reading room, erected at a cost of £230, is a building of stone, containing reading, recreation and concert rooms, and has stained windows given by Mrs. J. Kennedy, of Paignton, Devon, who was also a large contributor to the building fund. Fairs are held on the Thursday before Holy Thursday, the first Thursday in July and 26th August. In the neighbourhood are the remains of two ancient encampments, probably British. Stowe House, the seat of the Granvilles for upwards of six hundred years, was pulled down soon after the Restoration, and another mansion afterwards built on its site by John, Earl of Bath, was also demolished in the same century. Francis John Thynne esq. of 67 Eaton place, London S W, who is lord of the manor, Lieut.-Col. Sir William Lewis Stucley Stucley bart. Of Hartland Abbey, Bideford, Devon, and Mr W. R. Parkyn are the principal landowners. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and roots. The area is 8,189 acres of land, 17 of water and 182 of foreshore; rateable value, £4.481; the population in 1901 was 832.

STIBB, 2 miles west-by-south, and THURDON, 2 east, are hamlets of this parish, each with a licensed chapel.
Parish Clerk, Alfred Trewin.
Post, M. O. & T. O., T. M. O., Express Delivery, Parcel Post, S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Alfred Trewin, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Bude R.S.O. (North Cornwall) at 8.17 a.m. ; dispatched at 4.50 p.m. ; there is no Sunday post. Office open on Sunday for telegraph business from 8 to 10 a.m.

SCHOOLS
National (mixed) for 204 children; average attendance, 92; William J. Henry Phipps, master.
Wesleyan (mixed), erected in 1855 & enlarged in 1872, for 92 children; average attendance , 76 Wm. Edward Williams, master; Mrs. Williams, infants' mistress.

CARRIERS TO:
Holsworthy - Bryant Edward Bartlett & Son, wed. & returning the same day.
Bideford - James Gist, tues. & fri.; returning wed. & sat.
Bude - Bryant Edward Bartlett & Son, daily, and carriers to & from Kilkhampton to Bude for the L. & S. W. Railway.