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Wilsford (St. Mary)

WILSFORD (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Sleaford, wapentake of Flaxwell, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 4½ miles (W. S. W.) from Sleaford; containing 429 inhabitants. A Benedictine priory, a cell to the abbey of Bee, in Normandy, was founded here in the reign of Stephen; at the suppression of alien houses it was settled on the abbey of Bourn, in this county, and at the general Dissolution was granted to Charles, Duke of Suffolk. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10; net income, £500; patron and incumbent, the Rev, C. Blackenbury. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1774. The church has a tower and spire, and exhibits an admixture of the early and decorated English styles: the font, which is octagonal, with concave sides, is of later date.

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

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