Aldeby
| Aldeby | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 Aldeby village sign | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM450933 |
| Location: | 52°28’59"N, 1°36’29"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 420 (2011) |
| Post town: | Beccles |
| Postcode: | NR34 |
| Dialling code: | 01502 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Norfolk |
Aldeby is a village in Norfolk, bounded to the south by the River Waveney, on the other side of which is Suffolk. The village is about five miles by road from Beccles in the latter county.
History
The name Aldeby derives from the Old Norse word meaning "old fortification". The civil parish had a recorded population of 422 in 180 households at the 2011 Census.
Aldeby is well known for its fishing pits and also historically for the apple factory (Waveney Apple Growers Ltd) based on Common Road that closed in the late 1990s. It also once had its own railway station.
Aldeby is mentioned in the Domesday Book, as part of Clavering Hundred. Aldeby Priory was located here.
Between 1959 and 1968, the village was the location of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring bunker, to be used in the event of a nuclear attack. It remains mostly intact.[1]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Aldeby) |
- Aldeby in the Domesday Book