Norfolk: Aslacton

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1845

ASLACTON, 13 miles S.S.W. of Norwich, and 4½ miles E. by N. of New Buckenham, has in its parish, 404 souls, and 1168A. of land, belonging to several owners. John Cooper, Esq., is lord of the manor, impropriator, and patron of the Church, (St.Michael,) which has a round tower and five bells.

The living is a perpetual curacy, valued in 1831 at £58, and enjoyed by the Rev. Charles Carver, of Long Stratton. The Grange is tithe-free, and the tithes of the rest of the parish were commuted in 1839 for £340 per annum.

Here is a small Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1833, and enlarged in 1844.

The Fuel Allotment, 17A. 3R. 36P., awarded at the enclosure in 1806, is let for £24. The poor have also 20s. a year, left by Lawrence Le Neve, out of land belonging to J. Cooper, Esq.

DIRECTORY:-

         Coleman   Elijah         blacksmith
         Cooper    Thos.          shoemaker
         Fish      John           shopkeeper
         Fisher    Joseph         plumber, painter, and shopkeeper
         Gibson    Benjamin       miller 
         Moss      James          vict., Bell    
         Penman    Mrs. Mary Ann  boarding school
 
            farmers
 
         Arnold    James
         Barker    George
         Craske    George
         Elvin     Benjamin
         Green     Henry
         Howes     John
         King      Robert
         Lister    Wm.
         Pratt     Richd. Jerh.
         Self      Charles
         Wiffin    John
 

See also the Aslacton parish page.

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February 2001