Ashby, Suffolk
Historical Description
Ashby, a parish in Suffolk, near the river Waveney, 2½ miles N of Somerleyton station on the G.E.R., and 6½ NW of Lowestoft, which is the post town; money order office, Blundeston; telegraph office, Somerleyton. Acreage, 1105; population, 88. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of Somerleyton, in the diocese of Norwich; net yearly value, £251. 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.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Suffolk | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Ashby St. Mary | |
Hundred | Mutford and Lothingland | |
Poor Law union | Mutford and Lothingland |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Marriages at Ashby, 1553 to 1837 are available online as part of the Suffolk Parish and Probate Records.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Ashby from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Ashby (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Suffolk papers online: