Norfolk: Wendling

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845

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.
 

See also the Wendling parish page.

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