LEXHAM (WEST), a small parish and village on the Dereham and Fakenham road, 3 miles W. of Litcham ; has 125 souls, 24 houses, and 1,128a. of land, the property of the Earl of Leicester. The
Church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a small edifice ; and the living is a rectory, valued in the King's book at £5 11s. 8d., and in 1831 at £156. Lord Wodehouse is patron, and the Rev. Jno. A. Coghlan, incumbent. The glebe is 58a. The Poor's Wood, about 5a., is cut annually for fuel. The poor have £2 from Alee's [sic. Allee's] Charity.The principal residents are
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Launditch Hundred
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