Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby

Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby
Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby

 Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby shown within Norfolk
Area  7.32 km2 (2.83 sq mi)
Population 4,021 
    - Density  549 /km2 (1,420 /sq mi)
OS grid reference TG 494 148
Parish Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby
District Great Yarmouth
Shire county Norfolk
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town GREAT YARMOUTH
Postcode district NR29
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
Website www.ormesby.org
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is made up of the inland village of Ormesby St Margaret and the adjacent seaside resorts of Scratby and California. The villages are some 1.2 mi (1.9 km) apart, and they are situated about 6.2 mi (10.0 km) north of the town of Great Yarmouth and 19 mi (31 km) east of the city of Norwich.[1]

The civil parish has an area of 4.5 mi (7.2 km) and in the 2001 census had a population of 4,021 in 1,680 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.[2]

Ormesby St Margaret is separate from the village of Ormesby St Michael, which lies some 2 mi (3.2 km) to the west.

Great Ormesby railway station was once located here on the line between Great Yarmouth and Melton Constable. It is now closed.

California owes its name to the discovery of some 16th century gold coins on the beach in 1848, at a time when the California gold rush had captured the attention of the world.[3]

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Parish Church

The Parish Church dates back to the 14th century. It is said that it was Alice Clere who made sure that the church tower was completed, as the workmen had taken far too long. Alice Clere, the daughter of Sir William Boleyn of Blickling, who died on 1 November 1538, was an aunt of Queen Anne Boleyn.[4] Interior and exterior photographs available under external links.

Scratby Hall

Scratby Hall, the country house of John Ramey, was occupied by his daughter, the Dowager Countess of Home, until her death in 1814. The house was originally built by John Fisher, Esq.[5] John Ramey, Esq., an attorney, then barrister, retired to Scratby Hall, where he died in 1796.[6] From 1949 to the mid 1980s, the home and estate served as Duncan Hall School.[7] In 1989, a fire damaged 40% of the 11 bedroom country house.[8]

Notable residents

Notes

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
  2. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.
  3. ^ FleggIsland.co.uk (2005). The Flegg Villages. Retrieved January 22, 2005.
  4. ^ A Brief Guide to the Parish Church of Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby Jan Howard, 1993. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  5. ^ The Perlustration of Great Yarmouth with Gorleston and Southtown, Charles Palmer, 1872, page 371.
  6. ^ Sepulchral Reminiscences of a Market Town, as afforded by a List of the Interments within the walls of the Parish Church of St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth. Dawson Turner, 1848, page 68.
  7. ^ A G Overill, Secretary, Old Duncanians Association, Great Yarmouth Mercury, 2009-08-20.
  8. ^ Old School Ablaze, Great Yarmouth Mercury, 1989-11-24.
  9. ^ "Family History and Genealogy Records". FamilySearch.org. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 

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