Norfolk:West Acre

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West Acre is about 5 miles N.N.W. of Swaffham.
It is also known as Westacre.
See also Castle Acre and South Acre.

Cemeteries

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Census

1811: Numbers of males and females.
1821: Numbers of males and females, and rentals.
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Norfolk, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
There was also an Augustinian Priory.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of All Saints: Description and pictures.
Church of All Saints: Description, services, minister, address, etc.
Fairweather, F.H.: The Priory of St Mary and All Saints, Westacre, and excavations upon its site.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.23, 1929]
Vincent, Nicholas: The Foundation of Westacre Priory.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.41, 1993]

Church Records

Parish Register Transcripts: Baptisms 1813-1880
Marriages 1665-1837: See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 10.
Marriages: These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

West Acre: Description and pictures.
West Acre Water Mill: Description, history and pictures.
West Acre Post Mill: Description.

Gazetteers and Directories

West Acre is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.

Maps

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

Military Records

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 West Acre became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was at Gayton.

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