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Westfield (St. Andrew)

WESTFIELD (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Mitford and Launditch, hundred of Mitford, W. division of Norfolk, 2½ miles (S.) from East Dereham; containing 138 inhabitants. It comprises 569a. 13p., of which 470 acres are arable, and 88 pasture and meadow. The living is a discharged rectory, united to that of Whinbergh, and valued in the king's books at £4. 4. 2.: the tithes have been commuted for £145, and the glebe comprises 20 acres. The church is chiefly in the early English style, with a square tower. At the inclosure, 5½ acres were allotted to the poor for fuel.

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

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