Rollesby

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Rollesby
Norfolk

St George , Rollesby
Location
Grid reference: TG451160
Location: 52°41’10"N, 1°37’30"E
Data
Population: 946  (2011)
Post town: Great Yarmouth
Postcode: NR29
Dialling code: 01493
Local Government
Council: Great Yarmouth
Parliamentary
constituency:
Great Yarmouth

Rollesby is a village in Norfolk. on the A149 road, adjacent to Rollesby Broad and Ormesby Broad, about seven and a half miles north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 19 miles east of Norwich.

The villages name means 'Hrolfr's farm/settlement'.

The 2011 census recorded the civil parish with a population of 946.

The church of, St George, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk and is a Grade II* listed building.[1]

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References

  1. National Heritage List 1152526: Church of St George (Grade II* listing)