WILBY, a parish in the hundred of HOXNE, county
of SUFFOLK, 6 miles (E. S. E.) from Eye, containing
576 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in
the king's books at £26. 6. 10., and in the patronage
of the Rev. Neville White. The church is dedicated to
St. Mary.