Stow-Langtoft (St. George)

STOW-LANGTOFT (St. George), a parish, in the union of Stow, hundred of Blackbourn, W. division of Suffolk, 2 miles (S. E.) from Ixworth; containing 183 inhabitants, and comprising by computation 1304 acres. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £8. 7. 8½.; net income, £307; patron, H. Wilson, Esq. There is a glebe of 63 acres, with an excellent rectory-house built in 1833 by the Rev. Samuel Rickards, assisted by the patron. The church is in the decorated and later English styles; the chancel contains several richly-carved stalls and handsome monuments to members of the family of D'Ewes. The church and parsonage-house stand upon the site of a Roman encampment, and numerous coins have been discovered at different times. Sir Symonds D'Ewes, Bart., the eminent antiquary, lived in the Hall, now the residence of Mr. Wilson, proprietor of the parish. Tillemans, the Dutch painter, was buried in the church.