Wymington (St. Lawrence)

WYMINGTON (St. Lawrence), a parish, in the union of Wellingborough, hundred of Willey, county of Bedford, 2½ miles (S. by W.) from Higham-Ferrers; containing 270 inhabitants. It comprises 1685 acres, of which 1014 are arable, and the remainder meadow and pasture, with a moderate portion of woodland. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10; net income, £90; patron, Dr. Lee. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1811; the glebe altogether comprises 160 acres. The church, a handsome structure in the later English style, is said to have been built in the fourteenth century, by John Curteys, lord of the manor, and mayor of the staple at Calais, in France.