Ashill Norfolk Family History Guide
Ashill is an Ancient Parish in the county of Norfolk.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Nicholas
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist Reform
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
- Saham Toney
- Great Cressingham
- Houghton on the Hill
- South Pickenham
- Holme Hale
- North Pickenham
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
ASHILL (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Swaffham, hundred of Wayland, W. division of Norfolk, 3 miles (N. W.) from Watton; containing 637 inhabitants.
It comprises by computation 2991 acres, of which 2367 are arable, and 584 meadow and pasture; the soil is in some parts light and gravelly, and in others strong and clayey.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £19. 13. 6½.; patron and incumbent, the Rev. B. Edwards. The incumbent’s tithes have been commuted for £979; a rent-charge of £21 is paid to the rector of Great Cressingham; and there are 30 acres of glebe, with a good house. The church is chiefly in the later style of English architecture.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
At the time of the inclosure, 73 acres of land were allotted to the poor.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Norfolk
- Civil Registration District: Swaffham
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Norwich
- Diocese: Norwich
- Rural Deanery: Breckles
- Poor Law Union: Swaffham
- Hundred: Wayland
- Province: Canterbury