WHEPSTEAD, a parish in the hundred of THINGOE,
county of SUFFOLK, 4 miles (S. S. W.) from Bury-St.
Edmunds, containing 664 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of
Norwich, rated in the king's books at £14; 4. 2., and in
the patronage of the Rev. T. Image. Thomas Sparke,
in 1721, bequeathed land, now producing an annual
income of about £16, for which twelve poor children
are educated.