Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ASHBY

ASHBY, a parish in Mutford district, Suffolk; near the river Waveney 2½ miles N of Somerleyton r. station, and 5½ NW of Lowestoft. Post Town, Somerleyton under Lowestoft. Acres, 1,109. Real property, £1,137. Pop., 70. Houses, 14. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £214. Patron, Sir S. M. Peto, Bart. The church is mainly early English, and Has a decorated east window, a square Norman font, and a circular west tower, with octagonal upper story.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ashby CP/AP       Mutford and Lothingland RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Ashby

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