Norfolk: Ashwellthorpe

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Ashwellthorpe is about 9 miles S.W. of Norwich.

Cemeteries

Chambers, Wilfred J.: Inscriptions in Ashwellthorpe Church.
[Notes and Queries 1922]

Census

1891: Surname List

Church Directories

In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Depwade, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
Nearby Churches of all denominations.

Church History

Cattermole, Paul: A 14th-century contract for carpenter's work at Ashwellthorpe Church (All Saints).
[Norfolk Archaeology, v40:3, 1989]
Martindale, Andrew: The Ashwellthorpe Triptych.
[Woodbridge, Boydell Press, in "Early Tudor England", proceedings of the 1987 Harlaxton Symposium, 1989]

Church Records

Archdeacon's Transcripts or Bishop's Transcripts: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.
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), Ashwellthorpe was in Depwade Registration District.

Description and Travel

Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall Communities Web Site: Parish council, churches, organisations, events, pictures, etc.

Gazetteers and Directories

Ashwellthorpe is in Depwade hundred.

History

Lawrence, Michael: Ashwellthorpe and its history.
[Ashwellthorpe, Ashwellthorpe Hall Association, 1999]

Land and Property

Lawrence, Michael: Ashwellthorpe Hall and its history.
[ISBN 0953787818, Holt, Meniscus, 2001]
Great Britain. Inclosure Commissioners: Statement of claims (26): Fundenhall and Ashwellthorpe.
Drawn up in pursuance of the Act of Inclosure, 1811.
[1811]
Great Britain: Statute: Fundenhall and Ashwellthorpe Inclosure Act, 1811.
An act for inclosing lands in the parishes of Fundenhall and Ashwellthorpe, in the county of Norfolk: 21st May 1811.
[London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1811]

Maps

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

Military Records

Robbie, Jennifer: Ashwellthorpe War Memorial.
[ISBN 0954089405, Aspects of Ashwellthorpe History, JMR Publications, 2001]

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc

There was a workhouse in this parish until 1834.
After 1834 Ashwellthorpe became part of the Depwade Union, and the workhouse was at Pulham St Mary Magdalen (Pulham Market).

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