Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ASHWICKEN, or Ashwyken

ASHWICKEN, or Ashwyken, a parish in Freebridge Lynn district, Norfolk; 1½ mile NW of East Winch r. station, and 5½ E by S of King's Lynn. Post Town, East Winch under Lynn. Acres, 1,282. Real property, £1,143. Pop., 108. Houses, 23. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Leziate, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £520.* Patron, the Rev. J. Freeman. The church is very good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ashwicken CP/AP       Freebridge Lynn RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: ASHWICKEN     |     ASHWICKEN OR ASHWYKEN     |     ASHWYKEN
Place: Ashwicken

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