WINCH (WEST), a parish in the Lynn division of the hundred of FREEBRIDGE, county of NORFOLK, 3 miles (S. by E.) from Lynn-Regis, containing 315 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £9. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Crown. The ciurch is dedicated to St. Mary.