Ashmanhaugh (St. Swithin)

ASHMANHAUGH (St. Swithin), a parish, in the union of Tunstead and Happing, hundred of Tunstead, E. division of Norfolk, 2 miles (E. by N.) from Coltishall; containing 180 inhabitants. It comprises 665a. 2r. 23p., of which 571 acres are arable, 29 pasture and meadow, and 37 woodland. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the family of Preston; net income, £42; appropriator, the Bishop of Norwich, whose tithes have been commuted for £145, and who has a glebe of 5½ acres. The church, which is chiefly in the early style, was thoroughly repaired and new-pewed, and the tower rebuilt in 1840.