Ashby with Oby

Ashby with Oby
Ashby with Oby Ashby with Oby shown within Norfolk
Area	5.72 km² (2.21 sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG413148
District	Great Yarmouth
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GREAT YARMOUTH
Postcode district	NR29
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°40′37″N 1°34′05″E / 52.677°N 1.568°E / 52.677; 1.568

Ashby with Oby is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk,^[1] which is located some 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Acle and 15 kilometres (9 mi) north-west of Great Yarmouth. The parish largely comprises scattered farms, and is named for the tiny settlements of Ashby and Oby.

The civil parish has an area of 5.72 square kilometres (2 sq mi). In the 2001 census it had a population of 69 in 28 households. At the 2011 Census the population of the parish remained less than 100 and was included in the civil parish of Thurne. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.

Wiseman's Mill

Wisemans's Mill is a 4-storey brick-built windpump built in 1753 by Robert Martin. ^[2]

References

↑ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
↑ "Name: WISEMANS MILL AT TG 40921379 List entry Number: 1051014". English Heritage. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.

External links

Media related to Ashby with Oby at Wikimedia Commons
A vision of Ashby With Oby
Ashby in the Domesday Book

Ceremonial county of Norfolk

Boroughs or districts	Breckland Broadland Great Yarmouth King's Lynn and West Norfolk North Norfolk Norwich South Norfolk

Major settlements	Acle Attleborough Aylsham Cromer Dereham Diss Downham Market Fakenham Great Yarmouth Hingham Holt Hunstanton King's Lynn Loddon North Walsham Norwich Redenhall with Harleston Reepham Sheringham Sprowston Stalham Swaffham Thetford Thorpe St Andrew Watton Wells-next-the-Sea Wymondham See also: List of civil parishes in Norfolk

Topics	Parliamentary constituencies Places Population of major settlements SSSIs Country houses Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings History Lost settlements Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs Schools Museums Windmills

Civil parishes of Great Yarmouth

Ashby with Oby Belton with Browston Bradwell Burgh Castle Caister-on-Sea Filby Fleggburgh Fritton and St Olaves Hemsby Hopton-on-Sea Martham Mautby Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby Ormesby St Michael Repps with Bastwick Rollesby Somerton Stokesby with Herringby Thurne West Caister Winterton-on-Sea

See also South Norfolk Great Yarmouth Broadland North Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk Breckland

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