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Wenden-Lofts (St. Dunstan)

WENDEN-LOFTS (St. Dunstan), a parish, in the union of Saffron-Walden, hundred of Uttlesford, N. division of Essex, 6 miles (W. by N.) from Saffron-Walden; containing 72 inhabitants. This parish, which is supposed to have derived the adjunct to its name from a former proprietor, is situated in an open country every where presenting interesting scenery, and comprises 778a. 10p., whereof 638 acres are arable and pasture, and 139 woodland, The living is a discharged rectory, with the vicarage of Elmdon annexed, valued in the king's books at £9. 10. 10.; net income, £470; patron and impropriator, John Wilkes, Esq. The church is a small edifice, containing some ancient brasses and monumental inscriptions.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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