Yaxley (St. Mary)
YAXLEY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Hartismere, W. division of Suffolk, 1½ mile (W.) from Eye; containing 507 inhabitants, and comprising by measurement 1300 acres. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at £6. 6. 5½., and in the patronage of J. T. Mott, Esq.; impropriators, Sir E. Kerrison, Bart., and others. The great tithes have been commuted for £278. 17., and those of the vicar for £135. 8. There are 34 acres of glebe. The church is a handsome structure, chiefly in the later English style, with a square embattled tower; the lower nave is separated from the chancel by a richly-carved screen, and the east window is embellished with stained glass. Yaxley Hall was the seat of a family who took their name from the parish.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.