Wenhaston (St. Peter)
WENHASTON (St. Peter), a parish, in the union and hundred of Blything, E. division of Suffolk, 1½ mile (E. S. E.) from Halesworth; containing, with the hamlet of Mells, 1094 inhabitants. It comprises 2326a. 3r. 13p., of which 95 acres are common or waste; and is bounded on the north-east by the navigable river Blythe. The family of Leman bad a seat here. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £6. 0. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown; impropriator, the Earl of Gosford. The great tithes have been commuted for £400, and the vicarial for £142; the glebe comprises 8 acres. The church is an ancient structure in the decorated English style, with a square embattled tower, and contains several monuments to the Leman family. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. William Pepyn in 1562, and Reginald Lessey in 1563, bequeathed land for the support of a school.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.