Rollesby

Rollesby
Rollesby
	Rollesby St George
	Rollesby Location within Norfolk
Area	5.91 km2 (2.28 sq mi)
Population	946 (2011 census)
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG451160
Civil parish	Rollesby;
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
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°41′10″N 1°37′30″E / 52.68619°N 1.62505°E

Rollesby is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A149 road, adjacent to Rollesby Broad and Ormesby Broad, about 12 km (7.5 mi) north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 30 km (19 mi) east of the city of Norwich.^[2]

The villages name means 'Hrolfr's farm/settlement'.^{[citation needed]}

The civil parish has an area of 5.91 km² (2.28 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 995 in 408 households, the population reducing at the 2011 Census to 946.^[1] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.^[3]

The church of Rollesby St George is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk and is a Grade II* listed building.^[4]

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
^ Historic England. "Church of St George (1152526)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Rollesby

External links

Media related to Rollesby at Wikimedia Commons

Map sources for Rollesby.
Information from Genuki Norfolk on Rollesby.
St George's on the European Round Tower Churches website

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[2011_census-1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 August 2015.

[osexp1-2] Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.

[osnncc-3] Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

[4] Historic England. "Church of St George (1152526)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

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