GENUKI: Norfolk: Ashill, Norfolk

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William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1883

ASHILL, a parish and a scattered village, on a commanding eminence, 3 miles N.N.W. of Watton, and 6 miles S.E. of Swaffham, is in Swaffham union and county court district, Lynn bankruptcy district, Wayland petty sessional division and hundred, Watton polling district of West Norfolk, Breckles rural deanery, of Norwich archdeaconry.

It had 656 inhabitants in 1881, living on 2990 acres, and had a rateable value of £4823. The parish lies in the manors of Uphall, Collards, and Gaines, of which W.A.T. Amherst, Esq., M.P., is lord; and Panworth Hall, of which the Earl of Leicester is lord. The land belongs to Robert Miller, Robert Housley, and Edmund Oldfield, Esqrs., Mrs. Oldfield, and several smaller owners.

The CHURCH (St. Nicholas), a handsome edifice comprising nave, south aisle, south porch, chancel, and square tower with six bells, was restored and reseated with carved oak sittings in 1866, when a new organ was built by Walker, of London. The east window contains some good stained glass, and a window in the south chancel is filled with stained glass in memory of the wife of the present rector. Here are monuments of the Boyce and Cotton families.

The rectory, valued in the King's Book at £19 13s.6½d., is in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Bartholomew Edwards, who has 50 acres of glebe, a good residence, and yearly rent-charge of £987.

The National School, a brick and flint building, attended by about 45 children, was erected in 1848 by the rector, who also erected an Infant School with teachers' residence in 1876, which is attended by 50 children.

Here are chapels belonging to the Primitive Methodists and Methodist Free Church.

In 1856 a fine gold torques [sic], weighing 4 oz. 12 dwts., and measuring 33 inches long, was found in this parish.

The Church Land was exchanged at the enclosure for 3A. 10P., let for £2 2s. The Fuel Allotment, awarded at the enclosure in 1786, comprises 30A. 2R. 18P., let for £21 a year, distributed in coal. At the same time, two allotments were awarded to the owners or occupiers of messuages in the parish, not occupying more than £5 a year, viz., 5A. to turn their geese upon, and 38A. as a common pasture.

POST OFFICE at Mr. Henry Grimmer's, sub-postmaster. Letters from Watton arrive at 8.15 a.m., and despatched at 5.30 p.m., viâ Thetford. Watton is the nearest Money Order and Telegraph Office.

         Allcock    Miss Emily       infant school-mistress and organist
                                       at the parish church
         Allcock    John             farmer
         Allcock    Joseph           national schoolmaster and assistant
                                       overseer
         Allcock    Thomas           wheelwright
         Amos       Charles          blacksmith
         Amos       Charles jun.     blacksmith
         Betts      Chas.            frmr. Panworth Hall Manor
         Binks      Joseph           blacksmith
         Blower     David            baker, parish clerk and sexton
         Blower     Mr. William
         Boughen    George           carpenter and farmer
         Cater      James            farmer, landowner and parish constable
         Coker      John             farmer, Allotment farm
         Coker      Mrs Sarah        national schlmistress
         Coker      William          carpenter
         Dennis     William          miller
         Darsley    John             farmer and beer house
         Darsley    Zachary          farmer and vict. Crown
         Dursley    Mrs. Ellen
         Edwards    Rev. Bartholomew Rectory
         Franklin   John             brick and tile maker
         Garner     John             wheelwright
         Gathercole Rev. Edward
                      Charles, B.A.  curate
         Grimmer    Charles & Henry  grocers and drapers; and at Shipdham.
                                       Agents to the Norwich Union
                                       Insurance Co.
         Grimmer    Henry            grocer (C. & H.) and sub-postmaster,
                                       Post Office
         Horsley    Robert           farmer, traction and thrashing mchne.
                                       propr. & land ownr
         Lockwood   John             shoemaker
         Lockwood   Robert           farmer
         Lockwood   William          baker
         Miller     James            farmer & road surveyor, Uphall Manor
                                       House
         Nelson     George           butcher, farmer and victualler,
                                       White Hart
         Oldfield   George           steward to Mrs Sarah, Church farm
         Oldfield   Mrs Sarah        farmer and landowner, lime burner
                                       and brick and tile works, Home farm
         Reeve      Mr Robert
         Sear       Charles          farmer, Lodge farm
         Sear       Mrs. Phoebe      farmer, Lodge farm
         Seed       Edward           farmer & road surveyor
         Smith      George           joiner and builder
         Twaites    William          shopkeeper
         Ward       Robert           shoemaker

Coffee and Reading Room, open every evening, 1s. per quarter.
[See note below].

Note: in the original, this:
"Coffee and Reading Room, open every evening, 1s. per quarter."
is listed among the names of the people, between Cater and Coker.

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