WINCH (EAST), a parish in the Lynn division of
the hundred of FREEBRIDGE, county of NORFOLK, 5
miles (S. E. by E.) from Lynn-Regis, containing 376
inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich, rated in the
king's books at £8, and in the patronage of Edmund
Kent, Esq. The church is dedicated to All Saints. In
the east window of the chancel are the arms of Vere
and Howard; and on the north side is the ancient chapel
of St. Mary, the family burial-place of the latter.