Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ASHBY

ASHBY, a parish in Loddon district, Norfolk; 3 miles SW of Buckenham r. station, and 7 SE of Norwich. Post Town, Rockland under Norwich. Acres, 487. Real property, £1,360. Pop., 257. Houses, 58. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Carleton, in the diocese of Norwich.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ashby St Mary CP/AP       Loddon and Clavering RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place: Ashby St Mary

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