WESTEXE is an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1856; the church of St. Paul, built at the expense of the late Ambrose Brewin esq. assisted by a grant of £3,000 from Mrs. Peard’s trust, on a site given by the late John Heathcoat esq. is an edifice of stone in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, two south porches and a tower on the south-east, with spire 130 feet high, containing a clock and 5 bells: the foundation stone was laid on the 10th of April, 1854, and the building completed in 1856: the east and west windows are stained, and two others were inserted in 1885 in memory of Miss Charlotte Carew: the stained east window was inserted in 1893 as a memorial to the late Frederick Patch esq. and Mrs. Patch: there are 1,000 sittings. The register dates from the year 1856. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £495, with residence, in the gift of Lord Harrowby and other trustees, and held since 1895 by the Rev. Benjamin Mills M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge.