Norfolk: Ashill

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Ashill is about 6 miles S.E. of Swaffham.

Cemeteries

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Census

1831: Numbers of households, males, females, etc.
1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Breccles, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
The parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Church of St Nicholas: Description, history and pictures.
Church of St Nicholas: Description, services, picture, etc.
Church of St Nicholas: Location, services, picture, etc.

Church Records

Marriages: These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.

Civil Registration

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

Description and Travel

Ashill Village Pages: Church, chapels, school, map, pictures, etc.
Ashill Mill: Description, and history.

Gazetteers and Directories

Ashill is in Wayland hundred.

Land and Property

Great Britain: Statute: Ashill Inclosure Act, 1785.
An act for dividing, allotting and inclosing the common fields, half year or shack lands, commons and waste grounds within the parish of Ashill, in the county of Norfolk.
[1785]
Reid, A.W.: The Process of Parliamentary Enclosure in Ashill.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.37, 1980]

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 Ashill became part of the Swaffham Union, and the workhouse was at Swaffham.

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