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Whinburgh (St. Mary)

WHINBURGH (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Mitford and Launditch, hundred of Mitford, W. division of Norfolk, 3½ miles (S. S. E.) from East Dereham; containing 209 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road to Wymondham, and comprises 1241a. 3r. 2p., of which 929 acres are arable, 300 pasture and meadow, and about 14 woodland. A weekly market, and a fair on the festival of St. Simon and St. Jude, were granted by Edward I. to Lord Bardolph; both have been long discontinued. There are some slight remains of an old manor-house, surrounded by a double moat. The living is a discharged rectory, with that of Westfield united, valued in the king's books at £6. 18. 6½.; net income, £283; patron, the Rev. W. Grigson. The tithes of Whinburgh have been commuted for £169. 7.; the glebe comprises 21 acres, and a rent-charge of £5. 5. is payable to the rector of Yaxham. The church is in the early and later English styles, with a tower on the south side.

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

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