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'''Ashby''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] and former [[civil parish]], now in the parish of [[Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet]], in the [[East Suffolk (district)|East Suffolk]] district, in the county of [[Suffolk]], England, about {{convert|5+1/2|mi|0}} northwest of [[Lowestoft]]. The hamlet is near the county boundary with [[Norfolk]] and about {{convert|5+1/2|mi|0}} south-southwest of [[Great Yarmouth]]. In 1961 the parish had a population of 65.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10249612/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population Statistics Ashby AP/CP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain]]|accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref> In 1987 the parish was merged with [[Herringfleet]] and [[Somerleyton]] to form "Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/12764/waveney-parishes-order-1987.pdf|title=The Waveney (Parishes) Order 1987|publisher=[[Local Government Boundary Commission for England]]|accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref>
'''Ashby''' is a former [[civil parish]] in the north of the [[English county]] of [[Suffolk]]. It is {{convert|5+1/2|mi|km}} nort-west of [[Lowestoft]] in the [[East Suffolk (district)|East Suffolk]] district. The parish was combined with [[Somerleyton]] and [[Herringfleet]] to form the combined parish of [[Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet]] in 1987.<ref>[https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/12764/waveney-parishes-order-1987.pdf The Waveney (Parishes) Order 1987], [[Local Government Boundary Commission for England]]. Retrieved 2020-01-25.</ref>


The estimated population of Ashby was around 50 at the [[2011 United Kingdom census]]. There is no village centre, with the population spread across a number of scattered farms and small settlements.<ref name=ash>[http://www.ashvillages.org.uk/our-area/ Our area], ASH Villages, Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet parish council. Retrieved 2021-03-13.</ref><ref name=hs>[https://www.healthysuffolk.org.uk/uploads/Somerleyton,_Ashby_and_Herringfleet-_Parish_Profile.pdf Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet], Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-03-13.</ref> The area has always been sparsely populated, with the former parish population never exceeding 100. At the [[1981 United Kingdom census]] it had a population of 42.<ref name=she>[https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/media/pdfs/ashby.pdf Ashby], Suffolk Heritage Explorer, [[Suffolk County Council]]. Retrieved 2021-03-13.</ref>
The [[Church of England parish church]] of [[Mary, mother of Jesus|St Mary]] is about {{convert|1/2|mi|m}} south of the hamlet. The church is built of local [[flint]], with a small amount of red brick for [[quoin]]s and repairs. The roof of the nave and chancel is [[Thatching|thatched]].


The county border with [[Norfolk]] is immediately north of Ashby. [[Fritton Lake|Fritton Decoy]] marks the northern border, with the Norfolk parishes of [[Belton with Browston]] and [[Fritton and St Olaves]] bordering Ashby. To the east it borders the Suffolk parish of [[Lound, Suffolk|Lound]], with Herringfleet and Somerleyton to the west and south. Much of the land within the area of the former parish is owned by the [[Somerleyton Hall|Somerleyton Estate]].<ref name=ash/><ref name=hs/><ref name=np>[http://lound.onesuffolk.net/assets/Uploads/Neighbourhood-Planning/Final-Draft.pdf Lound with Ashby, Herringfleet and Somerleyton Neighbourhood Plan], Lound Parish Council, 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-14.</ref>
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The oldest part of the building is the [[Purbeck Marble]] [[Norman architecture|Norman]] [[baptismal font]], which is 12th- or 13th-century. The [[nave]] and [[chancel]] of the church are 13th-century. The church has an octagonal west tower that was rebuilt probably early in the 16th century. The church is a [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade I listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1352636 |desc=Church of St Mary |grade=I |accessdate=19 October 2017 |mode=cs2}}</ref>

==History==
Ashby is not name in the [[Domesday Book]]. By the 13th-century it was owned by Sir John de Askby and is recorded as having 10 taxpayers in 1327. By the end of the 16th-century the parish was owned by John Wentworth. Wentworth, who also owned a number of surrounding manors, enclosed the parish common in 1599 and the site near the parish church is the location of a possible [[deserted medieval village]].<ref name=she/><ref name=suckling>[[Alfred Suckling|Suckling AI]] (1846) 'Ashby', in ''The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: Volume 1'', pp. 294–301. Ipswich: WS Crowell. ([http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/suffolk-history-antiquities/vol1/pp294-301 Available online] at British History Online. Retrieved 2021-03-16.</ref>

[[Sir Thomas Allin, 1st Baronet|Admiral Sir Thomas Allin]] purchased the manor in 1672.<ref name=she/><ref name=suckling/> A series of [[duck decoy (structure)|duck decoys]] are known to have been operated at Fritton Decoy from around this time.<ref>[[Ralph Frankland-Payne-Gallwey|Payne-Gallwey R]] (1886) ''The book of duck decoys, their construction, management, and history'', p.168. London: John van Vorst. ([https://archive.org/details/bookofduckdecoys00paynega/page/168/mode/2up Available online]. Retrieved 2021-03-13.)</ref> These continued to operate into the 19th century, at which time the estate was owned by railway developer [[Samuel Morton Peto]] and, from 1863, [[Francis Crossley]]. The population of the parish peaked at 95 at the [[1871 United Kingdom census]] and declined throughout the 20th-century.<ref name=she/><ref name=suckling/>

During [[World War II]] an American [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|B17 bomber]] crashed close to the parish church after a signal flare had exploded inside the plane. The crash, which occurred on 7 May 1944, killed five members of the crew. A memorial to these men, as well as two [[Republic P-47 Thunderbolt|P47 fighter]] pilots killed in a collision over Fritton Decoy in April 1945, was erected on the edge the churchyard.<ref>[http://www.americanairmuseum.com/place/135270 St Mary's Church, Ashby, Somerleyton, Suffolk], [[American Air Museum in Britain]]. Retrieved 2021-03-16.</ref>

==Church of St Mary==
The [[Church of England parish church]] of [[Mary, mother of Jesus|St Mary]] is in an isolated position about {{convert|1/2|mi|m}} down a track, south of the hamlet. The church is built of local [[flint]], with a small amount of red brick for [[quoin]]s and repairs with stonework dating from the 13th century, although it is believed that there may have been a church on the site during the [[Anglo-Saxon]] period.<ref name=rtash>[http://www.roundtowers.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/The-Round-Tower-December-2009.pdf Ashby St Mary's, Suffolk], ''The Round Tower'', pp.3–6. vol.37, no.2, December 2009, The Round Tower Churches Society. Retrieved 2021-03-16.</ref> The roof of the nave and chancel is [[Thatching|thatched]]. It is one of around 40 [[round-tower church]]es in Suffolk.{{efn|The exact number of round-tower churches in the county is a matter of debate. Some sources list 38,<ref name=tt>[https://thetempletrail.com/round-tower-churches-map/ Round Tower Churches Map], The Temple Trail. Retrieved 2021-03-09.</ref><ref name=wc>[https://wealdanddownlandchurches.co.uk/suffolk-churches/ Suffolk Churches], Weald and Downland Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.</ref> others cite between 40 and 43.<ref name=gc>[http://greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/norfolk_round_tower_churches.html Norfolk Round Tower Churches], Great English Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.</ref><ref name=sh>Hart S (2019) [https://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/roundtower/roundtower.htm Round Tower Churches], Building Conservation, Cathedral Communications. Retrieved 2021-03-09.</ref><ref name=scrt>Knott S [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/abround.htm Suffolk Churches with wall paintings], Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.</ref><ref name=rtc>[https://www.roundtowers.org.uk Welcome to the Round Tower Churches Society], The Round Tower Churches Society. Retrieved 2021-03-09.</ref> They almost all date from the late [[Anglo-Saxon]] or early [[Normans|Norman]] periods and were mostly built between the 11th and 14th-centuries. There are around 183 round-tower churches in England, most of them in Norfolk, which has around 124, and Suffolk.<ref name=sh/><ref name=rtc/> Four of the churches now in Norfolk were previously in Suffolk before [[Local Government Act 1972|boundary changes in 1974]].<ref name=scrt/>}}<ref name=rtash/><ref name=lc>[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1352636 Church of St Mary], List entry, [[Historic England]]. Retrieved 2021-03-16.</ref>

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The oldest part of the building is the [[Purbeck Marble]] [[Norman architecture|Norman]] [[baptismal font]], which is 12th- or 13th-century. The [[nave]] and [[chancel]] of the church are 13th-century. The tower has a round base and is octagonal from about {{convert|5|feet|m}} above ground level. It was probably rebuilt early in the 16th century. The church is a [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade I listed building]].<ref name=rtash/><ref name=lc/>

==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Ashby, Suffolk|Ashby}}
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*[http://www.ashvillages.org.uk/ ASH Villages]
*[http://www.ashvillages.org.uk/ ASH Villages], Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet parish council website

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |authorlink1=Nikolaus Pevsner |last2=Radcliffe |first2=Enid (revision) |year=1974 |origyear=1961 |title=Suffolk |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |place=Harmondsworth |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=0-14-071020-5 |page=77 |ref=harv}}


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52°31′55″N 1°40′08″E / 52.532°N 1.669°E / 52.532; 1.669

Ashby is a former civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) nort-west of Lowestoft in the East Suffolk district. The parish was combined with Somerleyton and Herringfleet to form the combined parish of Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet in 1987.[1]

The estimated population of Ashby was around 50 at the 2011 United Kingdom census. There is no village centre, with the population spread across a number of scattered farms and small settlements.[2][3] The area has always been sparsely populated, with the former parish population never exceeding 100. At the 1981 United Kingdom census it had a population of 42.[4]

The county border with Norfolk is immediately north of Ashby. Fritton Decoy marks the northern border, with the Norfolk parishes of Belton with Browston and Fritton and St Olaves bordering Ashby. To the east it borders the Suffolk parish of Lound, with Herringfleet and Somerleyton to the west and south. Much of the land within the area of the former parish is owned by the Somerleyton Estate.[2][3][5]

History

Ashby is not name in the Domesday Book. By the 13th-century it was owned by Sir John de Askby and is recorded as having 10 taxpayers in 1327. By the end of the 16th-century the parish was owned by John Wentworth. Wentworth, who also owned a number of surrounding manors, enclosed the parish common in 1599 and the site near the parish church is the location of a possible deserted medieval village.[4][6]

Admiral Sir Thomas Allin purchased the manor in 1672.[4][6] A series of duck decoys are known to have been operated at Fritton Decoy from around this time.[7] These continued to operate into the 19th century, at which time the estate was owned by railway developer Samuel Morton Peto and, from 1863, Francis Crossley. The population of the parish peaked at 95 at the 1871 United Kingdom census and declined throughout the 20th-century.[4][6]

During World War II an American B17 bomber crashed close to the parish church after a signal flare had exploded inside the plane. The crash, which occurred on 7 May 1944, killed five members of the crew. A memorial to these men, as well as two P47 fighter pilots killed in a collision over Fritton Decoy in April 1945, was erected on the edge the churchyard.[8]

Church of St Mary

The Church of England parish church of St Mary is in an isolated position about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) down a track, south of the hamlet. The church is built of local flint, with a small amount of red brick for quoins and repairs with stonework dating from the 13th century, although it is believed that there may have been a church on the site during the Anglo-Saxon period.[9] The roof of the nave and chancel is thatched. It is one of around 40 round-tower churches in Suffolk.[a][9][16]

The oldest part of the building is the Purbeck Marble Norman baptismal font, which is 12th- or 13th-century. The nave and chancel of the church are 13th-century. The tower has a round base and is octagonal from about 5 feet (1.5 m) above ground level. It was probably rebuilt early in the 16th century. The church is a Grade I listed building.[9][16]

Notes

  1. ^ The exact number of round-tower churches in the county is a matter of debate. Some sources list 38,[10][11] others cite between 40 and 43.[12][13][14][15] They almost all date from the late Anglo-Saxon or early Norman periods and were mostly built between the 11th and 14th-centuries. There are around 183 round-tower churches in England, most of them in Norfolk, which has around 124, and Suffolk.[13][15] Four of the churches now in Norfolk were previously in Suffolk before boundary changes in 1974.[14]

References

  1. ^ The Waveney (Parishes) Order 1987, Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. ^ a b Our area, ASH Villages, Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet parish council. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  3. ^ a b Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  4. ^ a b c d Ashby, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  5. ^ Lound with Ashby, Herringfleet and Somerleyton Neighbourhood Plan, Lound Parish Council, 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  6. ^ a b c Suckling AI (1846) 'Ashby', in The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: Volume 1, pp. 294–301. Ipswich: WS Crowell. (Available online at British History Online. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  7. ^ Payne-Gallwey R (1886) The book of duck decoys, their construction, management, and history, p.168. London: John van Vorst. (Available online. Retrieved 2021-03-13.)
  8. ^ St Mary's Church, Ashby, Somerleyton, Suffolk, American Air Museum in Britain. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  9. ^ a b c Ashby St Mary's, Suffolk, The Round Tower, pp.3–6. vol.37, no.2, December 2009, The Round Tower Churches Society. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  10. ^ Round Tower Churches Map, The Temple Trail. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  11. ^ Suffolk Churches, Weald and Downland Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  12. ^ Norfolk Round Tower Churches, Great English Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  13. ^ a b Hart S (2019) Round Tower Churches, Building Conservation, Cathedral Communications. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  14. ^ a b Knott S Suffolk Churches with wall paintings, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  15. ^ a b Welcome to the Round Tower Churches Society, The Round Tower Churches Society. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  16. ^ a b Church of St Mary, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 2021-03-16.

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