In 1850 Bishops Nympton was described as a large village, on a pleasant declivity, 3 miles E.S.E. of South Molton. It has in its parish 1325 inhabitants, and 9579 acres of land, skirted on the west by the river Mole, and intersected by several tributary streams. This large parish is hilly and fertile, and comprises many scattered farm houses, and the hamlets of Ash-Mill, 1 1/2 mile E.; Newton, 1 mile N.; and Bishop's Mill, or Bish Mill, 1 1/2 mile S.E. of the village.