Here is the source of the Pillhill Brook and the village centre is grouped around the village green and at the other end is the site of the old school which was demolished and replaced by a village hall.

Here Bronze Age discoveries have been made, notably a cemetery at Karlis corner in 1966 this was found by Max Dacre a local archaeologist and it was found when William Flambert the farmer left this part of a field uncultivated for four years during this dig. Evidence was discovered of 108 cremation burials in pottery urns that were found to be around 3,500 years old abd aviyt 800BC.

The church, dedicated to St Peter and St Paul is behind Kimpton Manor and can be accessed by a grass pathway.It has a chancel that goes back to 1220 and the north door is the same though it is now blocked off.

The church of St Peter and St Paul

Inside on the north side of the church, can be found the Shoddesden chapel  that has a panel of brasses that were taken from the tomb of Robert Thornburgh and his wife and eighteen children, he was the lord of Shoddesden manor and was laid to rest in 1552, the altar in this chapel is the villages war memorial.

Originally a post house Kimpton House also became the police house which moved to Deacon Road, thre were two shops here but now they are both private houses.

It was in 1922 that Beatrice Emily Worsell was murdered and also Horace Hyde comitted suicide. Beatrice and Hyde had got engaged but she decided to end it and returned to Kimpton from Cobham where she worked. Horace followed and on a Saturday they were seen strolling through the village together. There the sound of a scream and Beatrice was found lying in the road with her throat cut and a little way further long the road lay the body of Horace with a knife beside him.

IMAGES OF KIMPTON

Views of the village
A view of some cottages		Kimpton Manor
Chequerboard brickwork		Even the bus shelter is thatched
The village water pump