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Woodbastwick (St. Fabian and St. Sebastian)

WOODBASTWICK (St. Fabian and St. Sebastian), a parish, in the union of Blofield, hundred of Walsham, E. division of Norfolk, 8 miles (N. E. by E.) from Norwich; containing 283 inhabitants. The parish is bounded on the north by the navigable river Bure, over which is a ferry. It comprises, exclusively of roads, 2163a. 27p.: 1389 acres are arable, with a small portion of grass-land; 391 are rough marsh, turf-grounds, &c., 115 wood and plantations, 72 heath, and 151 water, the last comprehending several lakes. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the rectory of Panxworth annexed, valued in the king's books at £6; patron and impropriator, J. Cator, Esq. The great tithes have been commuted for £292. 3., and the vicarial for £143. 6.; there is a parsonage-house, and the glebe comprises 26 acres. The church is partly in the early and partly in the decorated English style, with a square embattled tower, which was heightened in 1840, when the edifice was thoroughly repaired and newly pewed at the expense of the patron.

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

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