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Weston-Longville (All Saints)

WESTON-LONGVILLE (All Saints), a parish, in the union of St. Faith, hundred of Eynsford, E. division of Norfolk, 9 miles (W. N. W.) from Norwich; containing 411 inhabitants. It is bounded on the east by the river Wensum, and comprises 2737a. 12p., of which 2220 acres are arable, 326 meadow and pasture, 145 woodland, and 44 in roads and water. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £8.18.1½., and in the'gift of New College, Oxford: the tithes have been commuted for £680, and the glebe contains 46 acres, with a house built in 1841 by the Rev. John Conyngham. The church is in the decorated and later English styles, with a square embattled tower; on the south side of the chancel are three stone sedilia of elegant design, and a piscina, and the windows contain some valuable remains of stained glass. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

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

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