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Tittleshall (St. Mary)

TITTLESHALL (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Mitford and Launditch, hundred of Launditch, W. division of Norfolk, 10 miles (N. N. E.) from Swaffham; containing, with the merged parish of Godwick, 607 inhabitants. The united parishes comprises 3364a. lr. 28p., of which 2306 acres are arable, 634 meadow and pasture, and 260 woodland. The living of Tittleshall with Godwick is a rectory, with that of Wellingham annexed, valued in the king's books at £11. 1. 6½., and in the gift of the Earl of Leicester: the tithes of Tittleshall with Godwick have been commuted for £665, and the glebe comprises 52 acres, with a house. The church is an ancient structure in the decorated style, with a square embattled tower, and contains an effigy in white marble of the celebrated Sir Edward Coke, in his judicial costume: on the north side of the chancel is the mausoleum of the earls of Leicester. There are places of worship for dissenters.

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

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