Ashmanhaugh

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|country = England

|static_image = Ashmanhaugh St Swithin's Round Tower Church.jpg

|static_image_caption = Ashmanhaugh St Swithin's Church

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|official_name =Ashmanhaugh

|population = 189

|population_ref = {2011}

| area_total_km2 = 4.82

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|shire_county= Norfolk

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| metropolitan_county =

|region=East of England

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|post_town= NORWICH

|postcode_district = NR12

|postcode_area=NR

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|os_grid_reference= TG310208

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Ashmanhaugh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated some 20 km north east of Norwich. See Inside the churches of St Swithins [https://www.google.com/maps/place/St+Swithins+Church,+Ashmanhaugh/@52.7385518,1.4272802,3a,75y,72h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sCTQXsbTlMnkAAAQvxUay5Q!2e0!3e2!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DCTQXsbTlMnkAAAQvxUay5Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D129%26h%3D106%26yaw%3D72.73565%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x32194ecc68e6469b!8m2!3d52.7383468!4d1.4270995!6m1!1e1 here] & Beeston St Lawrence [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Parish+Church+Of+Beeston+St+Lawrence,+Ashmanhaugh/@52.745148,1.4477967,3a,75y,87h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1satOhze5hE-MAAAQvxVAXeQ!2e0!3e2!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DatOhze5hE-MAAAQvxVAXeQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D129%26h%3D106%26yaw%3D87.03049%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf49ebc0b7c9ad0cd!8m2!3d52.745255!4d1.447616!6m1!1e1 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120145&c=NR12+8YJ&d=16&e=62&g=6449597&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1441114606990&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=1 September 2015}} For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.{{ref|vobunr}}{{ref|osnncc}}

The churches of Ashmanhaugh St Swithin and Beeston St Lawrence are two of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

War memorial

St. Swithin's Church holds a plaque commemorating Ashmanhaugh's war dead from the First World War which are listed as:

  • Lance-Sergeant George Townshend (1895–1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • 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

References

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  • {{note|vobunr}} Vision of Britain. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001043813/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp%3Bjsessionid%3D5440FAEAE5F1E9BDA309AA5BC5FB862D?u_id=10212492 Ashmanhaugh CP/AP Norfolk through time]. Retrieved 4 December 2005.
  • {{note|osnncc}} Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls 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