Aslacton Norfolk Family History Guide

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Aslacton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Norfolk.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Michael

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1691

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

  • Tivetshall St Margaret
  • Bunwell
  • Gissing
  • Forncett St Peter
  • Great Moulton
  • Tibenham

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ASLACTON (St. Michael), a parish, in the union and hundred of Depwade, E. division of Norfolk, 3½ miles (W. by S.) from Long Stratton; containing 404 inhabitants, and comprising about 1130 acres.

The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £58; patron and impropriator, John Cooper, Esq., whose tithes have been commuted for £340. The church, which is chiefly in the perpendicular style, consists of a nave, chancel, and south aisle, with a circular tower.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Norfolk, Aslacton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Aslacton parish church graveyard survey

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

England, Norfolk, Aslacton – Church records ( 1 )
Archdeacons transcripts, 1725-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Aslacton; Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

England, Norfolk, Aslacton – Manors – Court records ( 2 )
Manorial court rolls, 1601-1921
Author: Manor of Aslacton-late-Priory. Court (Norfolk)

Manorial court rolls, 1619-1928
Author: Manor of Aslacton Parkes. Court (Norfolk)

Administration

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