Ashmanhaugh is a village and

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in the

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, situated some 20 km north east of

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. See Inside the churches of St Swithin
here
& Beeston St Lawrenc
here
Apart from Ashmanhaugh village itself, the parish also includes Beeston St Lawrence, which was a separate parish until 1935. The village name derives from 'Sailor's/pirate's enclosure' or perhaps, 'Aescmann's enclosure'. The civil parish has an area of 4.82 square kilometres and in the 2001 census had a population of 197 in 74 households, the population falling to 189 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the

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. The churches of Ashmanhaugh St Swithin and Beeston St Lawrence are two of 124 existing

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es in

War Memorial

St. Swithin's Church holds a plaque commemorating Ashmanhaugh's war dead from the

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which are listed as: * Lance-Sergeant George Townshend (1895-1916), 9th Battalion,

Royal Norfolk Regiment The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959. Its predecessor regiment was raised in 1685 as Henry Cornwall's Regiment of Foot. In 1751, it was numbered like most other British Army regiments and named ...

* Private Ronald S. Bird (1894-1917), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private George Riches (1887-1918), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private H. William Riches (1883-1916), 12th Battalion,

East Yorkshire Regiment The East Yorkshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1685 as Sir William Clifton's Regiment of Foot and later renamed the 15th Regiment of Foot. It saw service for three centuries, before eventually being ...

References

* Vision of Britain.
Ashmanhaugh CP/AP Norfolk through time
'. Retrieved 4 December 2005. * Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001.
Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes
'. Retrieved 2 December 2005. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Ashmanhaugh

External links

Ashmanhaugh St Swithin's on the European Round Tower Churches WebsiteBeeston St Lawrence's on the European Round Tower Churches WebsiteInformation from Genuki Norfolk
on Ashmanhaugh. Villages in Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk North Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub