Place:Ashby, Suffolk, England

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NameAshby
TypeParish
Coordinates52.537°N 1.668°E
Located inSuffolk, England     ( - 1987)
See alsoMutford and Lothingland Hundred, Suffolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk, Englanddistrict municipality between 1974 and 2019
Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, Suffolk, Englandthe combined parish from 1987
East Suffolk District, Suffolk, Englandpresent-day district municipality in which it has been situated since 2019
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Ashby is a former civil parish, now part of the parish of Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, in the East Suffolk District, in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northwest of the town of Lowestoft.

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. The area has always been sparsely populated, with the former parish population never exceeding 110. At the UK 1981 census it had a population of 42. This was the last time the population of Ashby as a parish was recorded.

The county border with Norfolk is immediately north of Ashby. Fritton Decoy marks the northern border, with the Norfolk parishes of Belton with Browston (in Suffolk until 1974) 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.

The parish was combined with Somerleyton and Herringfleet to form the combined parish of Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet on 1 April 1987.[11]

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Ashby, Suffolk.

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