Kilkhampton church

Bevil Grenville's memorial, in Kilkhampton church

Kilkhampton is a village in North Cornwall in England, UK. Housing On 9th January 2008 the ‘Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West’ (RSS announced plans to massively increase house-building in Cornwall stating that almost 70000 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The population in 2001 was 1,191. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Chilchetone". The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey To the west of the village are the remains of a late Norman period motte-and-bailey castle. nA motte-and-bailey is a form of Castle. Many were built in Britain, Ireland and France in the 11th and 12th centuries favored as a relatively

Kilkhampton Church

Kilkhampton Church, with its magnificent south doorway and lofty tower of eight bells, is dedicated to St James and is at least 450 years old. It is one of many churches dedicated to this saint on a pilgrims' route, which leads ultimately to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. Santiago de Compostela (also Saint James of Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia and a UNESCO World The church contains an impressive monument to the Cornish hero Sir Bevil Grenville. Sir Bevil Grenville (1596&ndash July 5, 1643) Royalist soldier in the English Civil War, was born near Withiel, west of Bodmin

The church tenor bell was found to be cracked in 2006. After repairs, it was re-hung and the full peal of eight bells were heard again on Sunday 23 September 2007.

Local amenities

Kilkhampton's facilities include: a post office, primary school, a community centre called the Grenville Rooms, a football club, play area and skate park, two general stores, two pubs, TV & electrical centre, a butcher, fish and chip shop and two takeaways. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Take-out (in North American English) carry-out (in US and Scottish English) take-away (in Australian English, The village also has a bicycle shop, toy shop, picture gallery and framing shop, MOT test station and an agricultural supply depot. See also Vehicle inspection The Ministry of Transport test (more usually MOT - pronounced by spelling out the letters is an annual test

Notable residents

The England rugby union captain Phil Vickery grew up in the village and his family still own a substantial amount of the surrounding farmland. Philip John Vickery MBE (born 14 March 1976) is an English rugby union footballer who plays prop for Wasps and England

Thomas Greenway, Premier of the Canadian province of Manitoba, was born in the village. Thomas Greenway ( March 25, 1838 – October 30, 1908) was a politician merchant and farmer Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116  sq mi of North America

External links

website for Kilkhampton Parish News