ASHWELLTHORPE, a parish in the hundred of DEPWADE, county of NORFOLK, 3 miles (S. E. by S.) from Wymondham, containing 418 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, with that of Wreningham annexed, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £6. 13.4., and in the patronage of Robert Wilson, Esq. The church is dedicated to All Saints.