Ashby, Suffolk
| Ashby | |
| Suffolk | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's parish church seen from the southwest | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM488996 |
| Location: | 52°31’55"N, 1°40’8"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Lowestoft |
| Postcode: | NR32 |
| Dialling code: | 01502 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Suffolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Waveney |
| Website: | ashvillages.org.uk |
Ashby is a hamlet in Suffolk, in the east of the county about five and a half miles north-west of Lowestoft. Ashby stands near the county border with Norfolk, formed here by the River Waveney, and about five and a half miles south of Great Yarmouth.
Parish church
There is a remarkable parish church, St Mary, about half a mile south of the hamlet. The church is built of local flint, with a small amount of red brick for quoins and repairs. The roof of the nave and chancel is thatched. The church has an octagonal west tower that was rebuilt probably early in the 16th century. The church is a Grade I listed building.[1]
The oldest part of the building is the Purbeck marble font, which is of the 12th or 13th century. The nave and chancel of the church are 13th-century.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1352636: Church of St Mary (Grade I listing)
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Suffolk, 1961; 1974 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09648-4page 77