Woodstone (St. Augustine)
WOODSTONE (St. Augustine), a parish, in the union of Peterborough, hundred of Norman-Cross, county of Huntingdon, ¾ of a mile (S. W. by W.) from Peterborough, containing 262 inhabitants. This parish is situated on the river Nene, and comprises 1027a. 3r. 15p., of which about 788 acres are arable, 212 pasture, and 16½ wood; the surface is level, and the soil of a light quality. The road from Peterborough to Oundle, and the Northampton and Peterborough railway, pass through. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £7. 11. 3.; net income, £342; patron, R. J. Tompson, Esq. The tithes were commuted for land and corn-rents in 1809; the glebe consists of 38 acres, and there is a rectory-house. The church, a mixture of various styles, having become ruinous, was enlarged and partly rebuilt in 1844, retaining as much as possible the original character of the edifice; a portion of the old tower is preserved under an arch in the present tower, on account of its antiquity, being Saxon. The cost of restoration was £1100, besides which, a considerable sum was expended upon the chancel, not taken down, it being of later date. The churchyard is neatly laid out. John and Mary Walsham, in 1728, gave property now producing between £80 and £90 per annum, for the establishment of a school, and other charitable purposes.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.