A Topographical Dictionary of England, Vol. 4 of 4

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Excerpt from A Topographical Dictionary of England, Vol. 4 of 4: Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, With Historical and Statistical Descriptions Saham-toney (st. George), a parish, in the union of swaffham, hundred of wayland, W. Division of norfolk, 1% mile (n. W.) from Watton containing 1217 inhabitants, and comprising about 4000 acres. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £21. 19. Net income, £796, patrons, Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford: there is a glebe of about 50 acres, with a handsome parsonage-house. The church is chie¿y in the decorated English style, with a lofty embattled tower. There are places of worship for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a free school is endowed with £42 per annum, and a national school was erected in 1832, by the Rev. W. Parker, who also, in 1841, built three almshouses. At the inclosure in 1800, about 54 acres were allotted to the poor. Hum phry Prideaux, author of the Connexion of the Old and New Testament, was rector of the parish. Saighton, a township, in the chapelry of chur ton-heath, parish of st. Oswald, chester, union of great boughton, Lower division of the hundred of broxton, S. Division of the county of chester, miles (s. E.) from Chester, containing 313 inhabitants. The Chester and Crewe railway passes through it. A rent-charge of £90 has been awarded as a commutation for the vicarial tithes, and there is a glebe of acres. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.