WATLINGTON, a parish in the hundred of CLACKCLOSE, county of NORFOLK, 5 miles (N.) from Downham- Market, containing 488 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £14.16.8., and in the patronage of C. B. Plastow, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, which has been highly decorated, contains some fine old fragments of stained glass, a curious ancient font, and a number of monuments and inscriptions.