In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ashby like this:
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.
Ashby through time
Ashby is now part of Waveney district. Click here for graphs and data of how Waveney has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ashby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ashby, in Waveney and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7000
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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