ASHILL, a parish in the hundred of WAYLAND,
county of NORFOLK, 3 miles (N. W.) from Watton,
containing 579 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich, rated in the
king's books at £19. 13. 6., and in the patronage of
the Rev. B. Edwards. The church, dedicated to St.
Nicholas, is chiefly in the latest style of English architecture,
and has a tower built of flint. A National
school was established here in 1821.