LEXHAM (WEST), a parish in the hundred of LAUNDITCH, county of NORFOLK, 5 miles (N. by E.) from Swaffham, containing 92 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £5. 11. 8., and in the patronage of Lord Wodehouse. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas.