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Ashwicken or Ashwyken, Norfolk

Historical Description

Ashwicken or Ashwyken, a parish in Norfolk, 1½ mile NW of East Winch station on the Lynn and Dereham railway, and 5½ miles E by S of King's Lynn. Post town, East Winch-under-Lynn, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 1336; population of the civil parish, 111; of the ecclesiastical district, 323. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Leziate, in the diocese of Norwich; value, £520. The church is an ancient building of flint and stone. Ashwicken Hall is the chief residence.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyNorfolk 
Ecclesiastical parishAshwicken All Saints 
HundredFreebridge-Lynn 
Poor Law unionFreebridge-Lynn 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The register, which is very imperfect, dates from about 1700.

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Norfolk Record Office, have images of the Parish Registers for Norfolk online.


Churches

Church of England

All Saints (parish church)

The church of All Saints is a small but ancient structure of flint and stone, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower containing one bell: a stained window was erected by subscription in 1879, in memory of the Rev. John Freeman, rector here from 1841, and there are two marble monuments to the late John and Ann Groom, of this parish: an oak reredos was erected in 1904 as a memorial to Mrs. A. J. Groom, wife of the then rector, and in 1904 an organ was provided: the church affords 150 sittings.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Ashwicken or Ashwyken from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Ashwicken or Ashwyken are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Norfolk newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitations of Norfolk 1563, 1589, and 1613 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictKing's Lynn and West Norfolk
CountyNorfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtPE32
Post TownKing's Lynn

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