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Wolverton (St. Peter)

WOLVERTON (St. Peter), a parish, in the union and hundred of Freebridge-Lynn, W. division of Norfolk, 7 miles (N. N. E.) from Lynn; containing 165 inhabitants. It is bounded on the east by the road from Lynn to Wells, and comprises 2714a. 3r. 29p., of which about 460 acres are arable, 998 pasture and meadow, 368 salt-marsh, 697 heath and warren, and 162 woodland. The strata afford good building-stone. A wall was erected by the late Major Hoste, at a cost of £1800, against the encroachment of the sea. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £12, and in the patronage of the Hon. C. S. Cowper: the tithes have been commuted for £260, and the glebe comprises 22 acres. The church consists of a nave, chancel, and aisles, with an embattled tower; on the south side of the chancel are three stone stalls and a piscina.

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

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