Ashby St Mary Norfolk Family History Guide
Ashby St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the county of Norfolk.
Alternative names: Ashby near Buckenham
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1620
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1691
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Adjacent Parishes
- Hellington
- Claxton
- Bergh Apton
- Carleton St Peter
- Thurton
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
ASHBY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Loddon and Clavering, hundred of Loddon, E. division of Norfolk, 7½ miles (S. E.) from Norwich; containing 263 inhabitants. The waste lands were inclosed under an act passed in 1837. The living is a rectory, united to that of Carleton, and valued in the king’s books at £6. The church consists of a nave and chancel, with a square tower; the entrance on the south is through a rich Norman doorway.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Norfolk
- Civil Registration District: Loddon
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk
- Diocese: Norwich
- Rural Deanery: Brooke
- Poor Law Union: Loddon and Clavering
- Hundred: Loddon
- Province: Canterbury