Norfolk: South Acre

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South Acre is about 4 miles N. of Swaffham.
It is also known as Southacre.
See also Castle Acre and West Acre.

Cemeteries

See Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Cranwich, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to St George.
There was also a chapel at the leper house, dedicated to St Bartholomew.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St George: Description and pictures.
Church of St George: Description, services, minister, address, picture, etc.

Church Records

Marriages 1576-1812: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 1.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

See Norfolk Parish Links: Description and Travel

Directories

Historical Geography

South Acre is in South Greenhoe hundred.

Maps

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

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 South Acre became part of the Swaffham Union, and the workhouse was at Swaffham.

Voting Registers

See Norfolk Parish Links: Voting Registers

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