TOFT (WEST), a parish in the hundred of GRIMSHOE,
county of NORFOLK, 5 miles (N.E.) from. Brandon-
Ferry, containing 128 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk,
and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at
£8. 6. John Moseley, Esq. was patron in 1815. The
church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient building
of flint and stone, with a large square tower, erected
early in the reign of Edward IV., and coped and em-
battled with freestone; the nave and chancel are separated
by a screen, and in the latter is a piscina. In
1720, an oaken coffin was discovered here, containing,
among other relics, human bones, the representation of
a face cut in jet,a blue cypher, and several beads.