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"WESTACRE is an ancient village, lying in a secluded dell on the north side of the river Nar, 4½ miles N.W. by N. of Swaffham, comprehending in its parish 490 inhabitants, and 3,338 acres of land, mostly of a sandy soil, and all belonging to Anthony Hamond, Esq., the lord of the manor, impropriator, and patron of the CHURCH, (All Saints,) which is a curacy, now enjoyed by the Rev. Geo. Hanbury, of Swaffham, and valued at only £31 per annum. Near the church are the ruins of the celebrated PRIORY, founded for monks of the Clugniac order, about the year 1200, by Ralph de Tony, who endowed it with his manor of Westacre." [William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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See also Castle Acre and South Acre.
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- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Lynn Norfolk, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
- The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
There was also an Augustinian Priory.
- Church of All Saints
- Description and pictures.
- Church of All Saints
- Description, services, minister, address, etc.
- Fairweather, F.H.
- The Priory of St Mary and All Saints, Westacre, and excavations upon its site.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.23, 1929] - Vincent, Nicholas
- The Foundation of Westacre Priory.
[Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, in "Norfolk Archaeology", vol.41, 1993]
- Parish Register Transcripts
- Baptisms 1813-1880
- Marriages 1665-1837
- See Phillimore's Marriage Registers, Volume 10.
- Marriages
- These are included in Boyd's Marriage Index.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), West Acre was in Freebridge Lynn Registration District.
- West Acre Water Mill
- Description, history and pictures.
- West Acre Post Mill
- Description.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from West Acre to another place.
West Acre is in Freebridge Lynn hundred.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TF779153 (Lat/Lon: 52.706295, 0.631797), West Acre which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- After 1834 West Acre became part of the Freebridge Lynn Union, and the workhouse was at Gayton.