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Aldeby

 
Norfolk. Aldebury (1086) (DB), Aldeby (c.1180). ‘Old or disused stronghold’. OE (e)ald + burh (dative byrig) replaced by OScand. ‘farmstead’.

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Coordinates: 52°28′58″N 1°36′27″E / 52.482719°N 1.607606°E / 52.482719; 1.607606

Aldeby
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Welcome to Aldeby
Aldeby is located in Norfolk
Aldeby

 Aldeby shown within Norfolk
Area  12.61 km2 (4.87 sq mi)
Population 437 
    - Density  35 /km2 (91 /sq mi)
OS grid reference TM4593
District South Norfolk
Shire county Norfolk
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BECCLES
Postcode district NR34
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Aldeby is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is bounded to the south by the River Waveney, on the other side of which is Suffolk. The village is about five miles (8 km) by road from Beccles.

The civil parish has an area of 12.61 square kilometres and in 2001 had a population of 437 in 175 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the area of the district of South Norfolk.[1]

St Mary's Parish Church, Aldeby

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 Aldeby railway station.

Aldeby is mentioned in the Domesday Book and was part of Clavering hundred.

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Old Apple Orchard, Three Gates Farm



 
 
Related topics:
Aldeby railway station
Haddiscoe High Level railway station
Beccles railway station

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