Norfolk: Ashill

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Modern and Historical Maps of this Parish.

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

Cemeteries

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Census

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 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.
Churchwardens' Rates: Principal property occupiers and the amounts paid.
1824-1826.
Churchwardens' Payments, or Disbursements: Payments for church repairs, communion bread and wine, etc.
1795-1799, and 1801-1804.

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 Post Mill: Description, and history.

Directories

Historical Geography

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]
Land Tax: Principal property owners and occupiers, and the amounts paid.
1799-1800.
Land Valuations: Names, values and owners of all land in the parish.
1816.

Maps

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

Military Records

Roll of Honour: World Wars 1 and 2.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

After 1834 Ashill became part of the Swaffham Union, and the workhouse was at Swaffham.
Overseers' Payments, or Disbursements
Payments for outrelief, medical expenses, clothes, distributions of fuel, etc.
1787, and 1790s.
Charities

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   53   82 482

1811   69 101 547

1821 117 121 579

1831 129 155 700

1841 137 -- 637

1851 150 -- 696

Year   Inhabited
Houses Families Population

1861 151 -- 696

1871 154 161 721

1881 156 156 656

1891 149 149 600

1901 138 138 552

1911 -- 140 539

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.

Population in 1831

Voting Registers

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