Ashwicken is a small village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

, now in the parish of Leziate, in the

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district, in the county of

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, England. The village sits on the B1145

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to Mundesley road around east of King's Lynn. In 1931 the parish had a population of 117. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Leziate. The village name means 'At the specialised-farm', with the later addition of 'ash-tree' or a personal name. Ashwicken is the site of a shrunken medieval village, one of around 200 lost settlements in Norfolk.Parish Summary: Leziate
Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 2015-11-15.Shrunken medieval village of Ashwicken
Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 2015-11-15. The remains of the village were visible as earthworks near to Ashwicken Hall but were partly destroyed by ploughing in the 1990s. The hall was surrounded by a medieval moat which was filled in during the 19th century.Ashwicken Hall
Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 2016-11-09. The parish church, which is dedicated to All Saints, dates from the medieval period. It was restored during the 19th century and is a Grade II*

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.All Saints' Church, Ashwicken
Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 2016-11-09.Church of All Saints, Leziate
British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2016-11-09.

War memorial

The War Memorials for Ashwicken, Bawsey and Leziate are located in All Saint's Church, Ashwicken. It holds the following names for the

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: * Rifleman William Watson (d.1917), 11th Battalion,

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* Private Robert J. Britton (1888–1916), 6th Battalion,

Border Regiment The Border Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, which was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot and the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot. After service in ...

* Private Maurice G. Allison (d.1916), 1st (North Midland) Battery,

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* Private Thomas H. Reed (d.1916), 1st 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 Bertie E. Beales (1896–1918), 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private William Newell (d.1917), 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private Walter Law (1893–1918), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private Herbert Watson (d.1918), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private George Wilkin (d.1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment And, the following names for the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

: * Able-Seaman Raymond C. Powley (1922–1941), ''HMS Nile''Roll of Honour. (2007). Retrieved October 30, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Ashwicken.html

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{{authority control Villages in Norfolk Former civil parishes in Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk