WHIMPLE, a village and a parish in St. Thomas district, Devon. The village stands on the London, Yeovil, and Exeter railway, 4 miles WNW of Ottery-St. Mary; and has a post-office under Exeter, a r. station, and a fair on the Monday after Michaelmas. The parish includes Strete-Raleigh tything, and comprises 3,019 acres. Real property, £5,497. Pop., 736. Houses, 142. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £357.* Patron, the Rev. L. Sanders. The church is ancient but good. There are a national school, and charities £5.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))