WESTACRE, a parish, with a village, in Freebridge-Lynn district, Norfolk; 2¼ miles ENE of Narborough r. station, and 5 NW of Swaffham. It has a postal letter-box under Brandon. Acres, 3,400. Real property, £3,454. Pop., 415. Houses, 83. The manor, with High House, belongs to A. Hamond, Esq. A black friary was founded here, in the time of William Rufus, by Ralph de Toney; went, at the dissolution, to Sir T. Gresham; and has left some remains. The living is a donative in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £31. Patron, A. Hamond, Esq. The church is later English. There is a national school.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))