Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet

Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet
Cottages in Somerleyton
Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet is located in Suffolk
Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet
Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet
Location within Suffolk
Area14 km2 (5.4 sq mi) [1]
Population427 (2011)[1]
• Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM486982
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLowestoft
Postcode districtNR32
Dialling code01502
UK Parliament
Websitehttp://www.ashvillages.org.uk
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°31′34″N 1°39′50″E / 52.526°N 1.664°E / 52.526; 1.664

Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet is a civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is 5 miles (8.0 km) north-west of Lowestoft and the same distance south-west of Great Yarmouth and is in the East Suffolk district. The parish is made up of the villages of Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet and at the 2011 United Kingdom census had a population of 427.[1]

The three villages were each a separate parish until 1987 when they were combined into the current parish.[2]

The parish is on the county border with Norfolk, with the western border formed by the River Waveney and the north by Fritton Decoy.[3][4] It borders the Suffolk parishes of Blundeston and Lound and the Norfolk parishes of Burgh St Peter, Wheatacre, Aldeby and Haddiscoe across the Waveney and the parishes of Fritton and St Olaves and Belton with Browston to the north.[1]

The village of St Olaves was formerly part of the parish of Herringfleet until local government reorganisation in 1974 redrew the county boundary. Prior to this the entire area south and east of the Waveney, including Fritton and the three parishes which make up the modern parish of Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, was part of Suffolk.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b c d Village profile: Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, East Suffolk District Council, 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  2. ^ The Waveney (Parishes) Order 1987, Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. ^ Ashby, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  4. ^ Somerleyton, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  5. ^ Clapham L (2014) The day six Suffolk villages moved into Norfolk – and it definitely wasn't an April Fools' joke, Eastern Daily Press, 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  6. ^ Herringfleet, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2021-03-13.