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Rev W Awdry memorial, Elsworth (RGL2025)Old Rectory, Elsworth
History of the Rectory
Listed Building
Barn. C17.
The Old Rectory in 19th century and is believed to stand on the site of the medieval rectory. John Watson (1516) invited his friend Erasmus to stay there. It may have been the same house which William Cole described as being very old and very large when he visited in1745.
A new rectory was built in 1830.
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