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WENDLING, on the Swaffham road, 4 miles W. by S. of East Dereham, is a parish of dispersed houses, with 330 inhabitants, and 1331 acres of land. John Margarson, Esq., is lord of the manor, but J. Mason, Esq., and others have estates here.
Wendling Abbey, which stood near a small rivulet, was founded about the 52d of Henry III., by Sir Wm, de Wendling, for canons of the Præmonstratensian order, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was suppressed by a bull of Pope Clement, before the general dissolution, and in 1528, granted to Cardinal Wolsey; its revenues being then valued at £55. 18s. 4d. per annum. The last remains of the ruins and foundations were used some years ago in repairing the roads.
The present CHURCH has a square tower with three bells, and is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, augmented with £600 of Queen Anne's Bounty, and valued in 1831 at £52. It is in the gift of the Earl of Leicester, and is enjoyed, with that of Longham, by the Rev. Robt. Howlett.
The Fuel Allotment, awarded in 1815, is 10A., on which the poor cut turf, &c., and let the herbage for £1 a year. The Poor's Stock, £400 three cent. consols, was derived from the sale of a house and land in 1816. The dividends have, for some years, been improperly carried to the poor-rates. The Widows' Land, 6A. 1R. 36P., is let for £12 a year, which is divided among poor widows belonging to the parish.
Boddy Wm. blacksmith Claxton Thomas vict. Red Hart Jarvis Mattw. miller, baker, & shopr Moore John wheelwright Packe Rev Richard Waldegrave, B.A. officiating curate Philippo Henry baker Skikelthorpe Mrs Elizabeth Wright John carpenter FARMERS. Baker Benjamin Baley Thos. to J. Mason, Abbey Farm Curry Wm. Dunthorn Edwd. Hubbard Henry Hubbard Wm. Lovett Daniel Stringer John Thompson Jas. Wherry John Wiffen Jerh.
Copyright © Pat Newby.
September 2008