Norfolk: Acle

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

Acle is about 11 miles E. of Norwich.

Cemeteries

Inscriptions in the Churchyard of Acle.: See Swafield

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Blofield, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Edmund, King and Martyr.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Edmund, King and Martyr: Description, pictures, services, etc.
Church of St Edmund, King and Martyr: Description and pictures.
Acle Church: The Parish Church of St Edmund, King and Martyr, Acle.
[Norwich, Rigby Printing, 1970s]
Methodist Church: Address, minister, picture, etc.
Methodist Church: Services and picture.

Church Records

Acle Marriages 1664-1812: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 1.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
Churchwardens' Rates: Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1831-1832.

Civil Registration

For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Acle was in Blofield Registration District.

Description and Travel

Acle Village: News, events, organisations, history, pictures, parish council, etc.
Acle Society: A Guide to Acle.
[Acle Society, 1986]
Acle Tower Mill: Description, history and pictures.
Acle Post Mill: Description and history.
Acle Marsh Farm Drainage Mill: Description and picture.

Gazetteers and Directories

Acle is in Walsham hundred.

Historical Geography

Nowhere, an area of salt marshes near Great Yarmouth, is a detached portion of the parish.

History

Grint, Brian S.: An Acle Chronicle.
[ISBN 0946148392, North Walsham, Poppyland Publishing, 1989]

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Acle Inclosure Act, 1797.
An act for dividing, allotting and inclosing the arable lands, intermixed pastures, commons and waste grounds within the parish of Acle, in the county of Norfolk.
[1797]
Surveyors' Rates: Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1820-1821, and 1826.
Surveyors' Payments, or Disbursements: Payments for road repairs, materials, tools, etc.
1820-1822, and 1827-1836.

Maps

Parish outline and location.: See Parish Map for Blofield Registration District, 1836
Modern and Historical Maps: Maps of the parish and nearby places.

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.
Basey, Chris: Acle Book of Remembrance.
Not just names in stone: The lives and times of the men who died in two World Wars and are commemorated on the Acle War Memorial.
[Acle, Acle Branch of the Royal British Legion, 2003]
Basey, Chris: Just a job that we had to do!
World War Two stories told by Acle people.
[Acle, Acle Veterans Project, 2005]

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Acle became part of the Blofield Union, and the workhouse was at Lingwood.
Overseers' Rates
Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1794, and 1809-1810.
Overseers' Payments, or Disbursements
Payments for outrelief, medical expenses, clothes, etc.
1794, and 1816.

Population

These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1801 114 114 600

1811 124 124 671

1821 136 139 698

1831 159 174 820

1841 177   -- 864

1851 180   -- 816

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 197   -- 926

1871 204 204 930

1881 207 216 915

1891 212 213 933

1901 206 209 846

1911   -- 237 942

There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.

1851 and 1861 Censuses: "Parts of the following Parishes in the South Walsham Subdistrict, are situate in the Marshes at distances varying from two to seven miles from the respective villages: South Walsham St. Lawrence, Upton, Acle, Halvergate, Tunstall, Wickhampton, Freethorpe, and Reedham."
1901 Census: "Including Damgate."

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