Weston, Alconbury.—See Alconbury.
WESTON, ALCONBURY.—See Alconbury.
Weston-Bamfyld (Holy Cross)
WESTON-BAMFYLD (Holy Cross), a parish, in
the union of Wincanton, hundred of Catsash, E. division of Somerset, 5¾ miles (S. S. W.) from Castle-Cary;
containing 133 inhabitants, and comprising 606 acres.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at
£8. 15. 10., and in the gift of the Rev. J. Goldesbrough:
the tithes have been commuted for £169.14., and the
glebe comprises 22 acres. The church is a small and
very ancient edifice, with an octagonal tower.
Weston-Beggard (All Saints)
WESTON-BEGGARD (All Saints), a parish, in
the hundred of Radlow, union and county of Hereford, 5 miles (E.) from Hereford; containing 300 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the right bank of the
river Froome, and consists of 931 acres. The living is
a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at
£5.15.3.; net income, £135; patrons, the Dean and
Chapter of Hereford; impropriator, the Warden of St.
Catherine's Hospital, Ledbury, whose tithes have been
commuted for £65.
Weston-Birt (St.Catherine)
WESTON-BIRT (St. Catherine), a parish, in the
uuion of Tetbury, hundred of Longtree, E. division
of the county of Gloucester, 3¾ miles (S. W. by S.)
from Tetbury; containing 154 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at
£6. 2., and in the gift of R. Holford, Esq.: the tithes
have been commuted for £113. 5., and the glebe comprises 85 acres.
Weston-By-Welland (St. Mary)
WESTON -BY- WELLAND (St. Mary,) a parish, in
the union of Market-Harborough, hundred of Corby,
N. division of the county of Northampton, 3 miles
(N. E.) from Harborough; containing 199 inhabitants.
The parish is on the river Welland, and comprises
984a. 3r. 32p. There are some quarries of stone, chiefly
for the roads; and a few of the inhabitants are employed
in weaving. The living is a vicarage, with that of SuttonBassett united, valued in the king's books at £ 11. 17. 1.;
net income, £260; patron and incumbent, the Rev.
James Halke. On the inclosure in 1802, 164a. 2r. 10p.
were allotted in lieu of the tithes for both livings. The
church is in the early English style of architecture, with
a handsome tower.
Weston, Cold (St. Mary)
WESTON, COLD (St. Mary), a parish, in the
union of Ludlow, hundred of Munslow, S.division of
Salop, 5¾ miles (N. E. by E.) from Ludlow; containing
31 inhabitants. This parish, which comprises about 430
acres, is situated east of Corve-dale, at a high elevation,
as the term Cold imports. About a fourth part of the
land is arable; the surface is undulated, the soil a clayey
loam, and the scenery embraces an extensive view of the
vale, which takes its name from the river Corve. There
are quarries of good limestone and flagstone. The living
is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at
£2.8.4.; net income, £100; patron, Frederick Herbert
Cornwall, Esq. The church is a small plain edifice,
built about a century ago, by the Rev. Mr. Fosbrooke,
the then rector, to whose memory it has a monument.
Weston-Colley
WESTON-COLLEY, a tything, in the parish and
hundred of Mitcheldever, union of Winchester,
Winchester and Northern divisions of the county of
Southampton, 8 miles (N. by E.) from Winchester;
containing 106 inhabitants.
Weston-Colville, (St. Mary)
WESTON-COLVILLE, (St. Mary), a parish, in the
union of Linton, hundred of Radfield, county of
Cambridge, 6 miles (N. E. by N.) from Linton; containing 530 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued
in the king's books at £21.13. 6½.; net income, £200;
patron, John Hall, Esq. The tithes were commuted for
land and a money payment in the year 1777.
Weston-Coney (St. Mary)
WESTON-CONEY (St. Mary), a parish, in the
union of Thetford, hundred of Blackbourn, W. division of Suffolk, 4 miles (N. N. E.) from Ixworth; containing 244 inhabitants, and comprising by measurement
1280 acres. The living is a discharged rectory, annexed
to that of Barningham, and valued in the king's books
at £13. 0. 5. The church is in the decorated English
style. Traces of a Roman road are discernible.
Weston-Corbett
WESTON-CORBETT, an extra-parochial liberty, in
the hundred of Bermondspit, Basingstoke and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 4 miles (S. E.)
from Basingstoke; containing 18 inhabitants, and comprising 450 acres of land.
Weston-Coyney, with Hulme
WESTON-COYNEY, with Hulme, a township, in
the parish of Caverswall, union of Cheadle, Northern
division of the hundred of Totmonslow and of the
county of Stafford, 5 miles (W.) from Cheadle; containing 938 inhabitants.
Weston-Edith.—See Edith-Weston.
WESTON, EDITH.—See Edith-Weston.
Weston-Favell (St. Peter)
WESTON-FAVELL (St. Peter), a parish, in the
union and hundred of Spelhoe, S. division of the county
of Northampton, 2½ miles (E. N. E.) from Northampton, on the road to Wellingborough; containing 436
inhabitants. The parish comprises 1083 acres: twothirds of the land are arable. The living is a rectory,
valued in the king's books at £16. 16. 3.; net income,
£236; patron and incumbent, the Rev. R. Hervey
Knight. The church is an ancient structure with a
tower; the spire was thrown down by lightning in
1723: the interior of the edifice was renovated, and a
new gallery substituted for the inconvenient old one, in
1844. A free school was founded, and endowed with
£22. 8. per annum, by Harvey Ekins, Esq., and Elizabeth his wife, who also, at the desire of their daughter,
created a fund for apprenticing a boy yearly: Thomas
Green, in 1739, gave certain lands for the further endowment of the school. The Rev. James Hervey, M.A.,
author of the Meditations, was incumbent of the parish
for many years; he rebuilt the rectory-house on an enlarged scale, and dying on the 25th of December, 1758,
was buried in the church.
Weston-In-Gordano (St. Paul)
WESTON-IN-GORDANO (St. Paul), a parish, in
the union of Bedminster, hundred of Portbury, E.
division of Somerset, 10 miles (W. by N.) from Bristol;
containing 155 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, valued in the king's books at £6. 3., and in the
gift of P. John Mills, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £112, and the glebe comprises 22 acres.
Weston-Jones
WESTON-JONES, a township, in the parish of Norbury, union of Newport, W. division of the hundred
of Cuttlestone, S. division of the county of Stafford,
3¼ miles (N. N. E.) from Newport; containing, with the
hamlet of Loynton, 143 inhabitants.
Weston, King, Somerset.—See Kingweston
WESTON, KING, Somerset.—See Kingweston.
Weston, King's
WESTON, KING'S, a tything, in the parish of Henbury, union of Clifton, Lower division of the hundred of Berkeley, Western division of the county of
Gloucester, 4½ miles (N. W.) from Bristol; containing 184 inhabitants.
Weston, Lawrence
WESTON, LAWRENCE, a tything, in the parish of
Henbury, union of Clifton, Lower division of the
hundred of Berkeley, Western division of the county
of Gloucester, 5¼ miles (N. W. by N.) from Bristol;
containing 341 inhabitants.
Weston-Longville (All Saints)
WESTON-LONGVILLE (All Saints), a parish, in
the union of St. Faith, hundred of Eynsford, E. division of Norfolk, 9 miles (W. N. W.) from Norwich;
containing 411 inhabitants. It is bounded on the east
by the river Wensum, and comprises 2737a. 12p., of
which 2220 acres are arable, 326 meadow and pasture,
145 woodland, and 44 in roads and water. The living
is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at
£8.18.1½., and in the'gift of New College, Oxford: the
tithes have been commuted for £680, and the glebe contains 46 acres, with a house built in 1841 by the Rev.
John Conyngham. The church is in the decorated and
later English styles, with a square embattled tower; on
the south side of the chancel are three stone sedilia of
elegant design, and a piscina, and the windows contain
some valuable remains of stained glass. There is a place
of worship for Wesleyans.
Weston, Market.—See Market-Weston.
WESTON, MARKET.—See Market-Weston.
Weston, North
WESTON, NORTH, a hamlet, in the parish, poorlaw union, and hundred of Thame, county of Oxford;
containing 70 inhabitants.
Weston, North
WESTON, NORTH, a hamlet, in the parish of Portishead, union of Bedminster, hundred of Portbury,
E. division of Somerset; with 160 inhabitants.
Weston, Old (St. Swithin)
WESTON, OLD (St. Swithin), a parish, in the
union of Thrapston, hundred of Leightonstone,
county of Huntingdon, 7¼ miles (N.) from Kimbolton;
containing 390 inhabitants. It comprises 1855 acres,
of which 50 are common or waste. The living is united,
with that of Bythorn, to the rectory of Brington.
Weston-on-the-Green (St. Mary)
WESTON-ON-THE-GREEN (St. Mary), a parish,
in the union of Bicester, hundred of Ploughley,
county of Oxford, 4½ miles (S. W. by W.) from Bicester; containing 504 inhabitants. There are some quarries of stone, of good quality for building. The living is
a discharged vicarage; net income, £148; patron and
impropriator, the Hon. Peregrine Bertie. The church is
a Grecian structure, erected in 1743, at the expense of
Norreys Bertie, Esq., on the site of the old edifice, which
had fallen into decay. Near it is the ancient manorhouse, in which are several portraits of members of the
Norreys and Bertie families. Numerous Roman coins
have been found.
Weston-Patrick (St. Lawrence)
WESTON-PATRICK (St. Lawrence), a parish, in
the union of Basingstoke, hundred of Odiham, Basingstoke and N. divisions of the county of Southampton,
4¼ miles (S. W. by W.) from Odiham; containing 185
inhabitants. The parish comprises 1294 acres, of which
250 are common or waste. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the patronage of the Wellesley family, with a
net income of £48: the tithes have been commuted for
£200, and there are 2 acres of impropriate glebe.
Weston-Peverel, or Penny-Cross
WESTON-PEVEREL, or Penny-Cross, a chapelry,
in the parish of St. Andrew, Plymouth, union of
Plympton St. Mary, hundred of Roborough, Roborough and S. divisions of Devon, 2¾ miles (N. by W.)
from Plymouth; with 267 inhabitants. The vicarial
tithes have been commuted for £350, and the impropriate
for £51. The chapel is dedicated to St. Pancras.
Weston-Rhyn
WESTON-RHYN, a township, in the parish of St.
Martin, hundred of Oswestry, N. division of the
county of Salop; containing 856 inhabitants.
Weston, South (St. Lawrence)
WESTON, SOUTH (St. Lawrence), a parish, in
the union of Thame, hundred of Pirton, county of
Oxford, 2¾ miles (S. by E.) from Tetsworth; containing 104 inhabitants. It comprises about 460 acres,
nearly the whole of which is arable land, in a good state
of cultivation. The living is a rectory, valued in the
king's books at £9. 2. 6.; net income, £200; patrons,
the Provost and Fellows of Queen's College, Oxford.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Weston-Sub-Edge (St. Lawrence)
WESTON-SUB-EDGE (St. Lawrence), a parish,
in the union of Evesham, Upper division of the hundred
of Kiftsgate, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 1¾ mile (W. N. W.) from Chipping-Campden; containing 342 inhabitants. The parish comprises 2632
acres, of which 267 are common or waste. The living
is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £31; net
income, £811; patron, Mrs. Bourne.
Weston-Super-Mare (St. John)
WESTON-SUPER-MARE (St. John), a parish, in
the union of Axbridge, hundred of Winterstoke, E.
division of Somerset, 9 miles (N. W.) from Cross; containing 2103 inhabitants. This parish, which is on the
margin of Uphill bay, near the Bristol Channel, has
within the last few years more than trebled its population, from the construction of a bathing establishment
at Knightstone, since which it has become a fashionable
and well-frequented watering-place. The town is beautifully situated under the shelter of Worlebury Hill,
which commands an extensive view of the surrounding
country, with the range of the Mendip hills: an act of
parliament for its general improvement, and for paving,
lighting, and watching the streets, was passed in 1842.
The bathing-house contains commodious apartments for
the residence of invalids, and contiguous to it are furnished lodging-houses for the reception of families, and
several good inns; the establishment comprises a public
reading-room, and may be heated to any required temperature by steam apparatus detached from the building.
Weston is situated immediately opposite to Cardiff on
the Welsh coast, and a few of the inhabitants are engaged in the sprat and herring fishery; cod, whiting, soles,
and salmon are also taken in considerable numbers.
Limestone is quarried for building, for burning into lime,
and for the roads; and the making of bricks is carried
on to some extent. A convenient market-house has
been erected at the expense of Richard Parsley, Esq.
The Bristol and Exeter railway runs near the parish;
and a branch worked by horses diverges to this place,
where a station has been established. An act for constructing a pier was passed in 1846. The powers of the
county debt-court of Weston, established in 1847, extend
over part of the registration-district of Axbridge. The
living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books
at £14. 17. 11., and in the patronage of the Bishop of
Bath and Wells: the tithes have been commuted for
£235, and there is a glebe of nearly 40 acres. The church
is a neat edifice, partly rebuilt in 1824, and enlarged in
1837 by Archdeacon Law, the present rector, who also
greatly improved and beautified the interior. An additional church, dedicated to Emmanuel, and situated
near the railway station, at the entrance of the town, was
consecrated in Oct. 1847: it consists of a nave, chancel,
north and south aisles, and a western tower; the chancel is separated from the nave by carved oak screens,
and the pulpit is of stone. There are places of worship
for Independents and Wesleyans. At Worlebury is a
rampart of stones, 20 feet high, with ditches, supposed
to have been the last fortified camp of the Romans in
this district. A well in the parish possesses the unusual
property of being empty at high water, and full when
the tide is at its ebb.
Weston-Turville (St. Mary)
WESTON-TURVILLE (St. Mary), a parish, in the
union and hundred of Aylesbury, county of Buckingham, 2¼ miles (N. by W.) from Wendover; containing
718 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the
king's books at £22. 0. 10.; net income, £484; patrons,
All Souls' College, Oxford. The tithes were commuted
for land and corn-rents in 1798.
Weston-Under-Lizard (St. Andrew)
WESTON-UNDER-LIZARD (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Shiffnall, W. division of the
hundred of Cuttlestone, S. division of the county of
Stafford, 5¾ miles (N. E. by E.) from Shiffnall; containing 297 inhabitants. This place takes the adjunct
to its name from Lizard, a hill in Shropshire, to distinguish it from Weston-upon-Trent. The parish is
situated on the Watling-street turnpike road, and comprises about 2370 acres, of which 942 are arable, 1143
meadow and pasture, and the remainder woodland and
roads: the soil is very various, and below the average
quality. The Earl of Bradford possesses the whole parish, which is divided into six farms. The living is a
discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £6.
7. 8½., and in the gift of the Earl: the tithes have been
commuted for £335, and the glebe comprises 93 acres,
with a house. The church is in the Norman style, with
later additions. Two schools are supported.
Weston-Under-Penyard (St. Lawrence)
WESTON-UNDER-PENYARD (St. Lawrence), a
parish, in the union of Ross, hundred of Greytree,
county of Hereford, 2¼ miles (E. S. E.) from Ross;
containing 672 inhabitants. The parish comprises 3142
acres, and is intersected by the road from Ross to
Gloucester. A portion is within the county of Gloucester. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £18, and in the gift of the Bishop of Hereford:
the tithes have been commuted for £619. 10., and the
glebe comprises 2 acres.
Weston-Under-Red-Castle
WESTON-UNDER-RED-CASTLE, a chapelry, in
the parish of Hodnet, union of Wem, Drayton division
of the hundred of North Bradford, N. division of
Salop, 4 miles (E.) from Wem; containing, with the
hamlet of Wixhill, 348 inhabitants.
Weston-Under-Weatherly (St. Michael)
WESTON-UNDER-WEATHERLY (St. Michael),
a parish, in the union of Warwick, Southam division
of the hundred of Knightlow, S. division of the county
of Warwick, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Leamington;
containing 203 inhabitants. It comprises about 1290
acres, mostly arable; 108 acres are wood. The soil is
of good quality. The living is a discharged vicarage,
valued in the king's books at £5. 9. 2; net income,
£90; patron and impropriator, Lord Clifford. The church
is an ancient structure in the later English style, with a
tower: the seats are of rude carved oak, and decaying;
there are some interesting monuments, and three brasses.
A Sunday school is supported by subscription.
Weston-Underwood (St. Lawrence)
WESTON-UNDERWOOD (St. Lawrence), a parish, in the union of Newport-Pagnell, hundred of
Newport, county of Buckingham, 1¾ mile (W. S. W.)
from Olney; containing 438 inhabitants. It is bounded
on the south by the river Ouse, and comprises 1846a.
1r. 31p., of which 60 acres are woodland, and the remainder arable and pasture in nearly equal portions.
In the parish is an ancient seat, now uninhabited, of the
Throckmorton family, who have also a neat Roman
Catholic chapel here, with a handsome residence for the
priest. In this pleasant village, Cowper resided for several years during the latter part of his life; and the neighbourhood is supposed to have furnished many of his
descriptions of rural scenery. The living is a perpetual
curacy; net income, £51; patron and impropriator,
Robert Throckmorton, Esq. The church is a neat structure, built by Sir John Olney in the 14th century.
Charles Higgins, in 1792, bequeathed £500, the dividends of which, amounting to £20, are expended in the
purchase of clothing for aged women: an annual sum of
about £55, arising from bequests, is appropriated to the
poor; and there is a small school, endowed by Mr.
Throckmorton in 1826.
Weston-Underwood
WESTON-UNDERWOOD, a township, in the parish
of Stanton-by-Dale, union of Belper, hundred of
Morleston and Litchurch, S. division of the county
of Derby, 5¾ miles (N. W. by N.) from Derby; containing 284 inhabitants.
Weston-Upon-Avon (All Saints)
WESTON-UPON-AVON (All Saints), a parish, in
the union of Stratford, partly in the Alcester division
of the hundred of Barlichway, S. division of the
county of Warwick, but chiefly in the Upper division
of the hundred of Kiftsgate, E. division of the county
of Gloucester, 4½ miles (S. W. by W.) from Stratford;
containing, with the hamlet of Milcote, 104 inhabitants.
The parish comprises by measurement 1489 acres. The
living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books
at £7. 14. 7., and has a net income of £84; the patronage and impropriation belong to Countess Amherst. A
school is endowed with £15 per annum.
Weston-Upon-Trent (St. Mary)
WESTON-UPON-TRENT (St. Mary), a parish, in
the union of Shardlow, hundred of Morleston and
Litchurch, S. division of the county of Derby, 7
miles (S. E. by S.) from Derby; containing 396 inhabitants. It comprises by recent measurement 1959 acres,
of which 15 are woodland, and the remainder arable and
pasture in nearly equal portions; the soil is various,
gravel and loam on the south, and on the north a stiff
clay. From the quarries here, was raised the stone for
the erection of the church, as well as of the new church
at Shardlow. The river Trent bounds the parish on the
south-west, and the Trent and Mersey canal passes
through for three miles. The living is a rectory, valued
in the king's books at £11.16. 3.; net income, £594;
patron, Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart. The tithes were commuted for land and corn rents in 1786; the glebe comprises upwards of 300 acres, with a house. The church
is an ancient structure, with a tower and spire. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Weston-Upon-Trent
WESTON-UPON-TRENT, a parish, in the S. division of the hundred of Pirehill, union and N. division
of the county of Stafford, 4½ miles (N. E.) from Stafford; containing 562 inhabitants. The Grand Trunk
canal passes through the parish. Extensive salt-works
have been established here; the brine is raised in the
parish of Ingestrie, by means of machinery worked by
the waters of the Trent, and is conveyed across that
river and under the canal, in pipes to certain reservoirs,
whence it runs into iron pans, is heated, and becomes
crystallized for use. The living is a vicarage, in the
patronage of the Rev. C. Inge, with a net income of
£96; impropriator, William Moore, Esq. The great
tithes have been commuted for £95, and those of the
vicar for £25: there are 12½ acres of impropriate, and
1¼ of vicarial, glebe. The church is an ancient structure, with a large tower and spire; it was partly rebuilt
in 1685, and the north aisle, which had been taken
down in that year, was restored in 1825, when the
chancel was also rebuilt. In 1829, the spire was reconstructed
Weston-Zoyland (St. Mary)
WESTON-ZOYLAND (St. Mary), a parish, in the
union of Bridgwater, hundred of Whitley, W. division of Somerset, 4 miles (E. S. E.) from Bridgwater;
containing 1000 inhabitants. This place, which borders
on Sedgemoor, was the scene of the last encounter between the king's forces and those of the Duke of Monmouth. The parish is bounded on the south by the
navigable river Parret, and comprises 2656a. 2r. 16p.
A fair for cattle and agricultural produce is held on the
9th of September. The living is a vicarage, valued in the
king's books at £14. 6. 8.; patron and appropriator, the
Bishop of Bath and Wells. The great tithes have been
commuted for £48.10., and the vicarial for £220.5.;
the glebe comprises 25 acres, and a parsonage-house has
been built by the Rev. William Marshall. The church
is a cruciform structure, with a stately western tower,
highly enriched, and crowned with pinnacles. There is
a place of worship for Wesleyans.