Ashwicken Norfolk Family History Guide

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Ashwicken is an Ancient Parish in the county of Norfolk.

Other places in the parish include: Leziate and Lezigate.

Alternative names:

  • Ashwycken
  • Ashwyken
  • Ashwicken and Leziate

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1700
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

  • Bawsey
  • Mintlyn
  • East Winch
  • Middleton
  • Grimston
  • Gayton

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ASHWICKEN (All Saints), a parish, in the union and hundred of Freebridge-Lynn, W. division of Norfolk, 5 miles (E. by S.) from Lynn; containing 78 inhabitants.

It comprises 1178a. 2r., of which 638 acres are arable, 378 pasture and meadow, 150 heath, and 12 woodland; the surface is a good deal undulated.

The living is a rectory, with that of Leziate annexed, valued in the king’s books at £6. 13. 4.; patron and incumbent, the Rev. John Freeman. The tithes have been commuted for £238, and the glebe comprises 10 acres. The church is chiefly in the later English style, with a square tower.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Norfolk, Ashwicken – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Ashwicken, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Norfolk, Ashwicken – Church records ( 2 )
Archdeacons transcripts, 1600-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashwicken; Church of England. Parish Church of Leziate; Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

Marriages at Ashwicken with Leziate, 1717-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashwicken; Blagg, Thomas Matthews; Daubeney, A. R. Vaughan

Administration

  • County: Norfolk
  • Civil Registration District: Freebridge Lynn
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Norwich
  • Diocese: Norwich
  • Rural Deanery: Lynn
  • Poor Law Union: Freebridge Lynn
  • Hundred: Freebridge Lynn
  • Province: Canterbury