Coordinates: 52°40′29″N 1°41′51″E / 52.674613°N 1.697474°E
| Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby | |
  Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby
 Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby shown within Norfolk |
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| Area | 7.32 km2 (2.83 sq mi) |
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| Population | 4,021 |
| - Density | 549 /km2 (1,420 /sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | |
| Parish | Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby |
| District | Great Yarmouth |
| Shire county | Norfolk |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GREAT YARMOUTH |
| Postcode district | NR29 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| 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 2 km (1.2 mi) apart, and they are situated about 10 km (6.2 mi) north of the town of Great Yarmouth and 30 km (19 mi) east of the city of Norwich. It is the now home Village of oil Barron Andrew Hinchley. And Shetland Pony show team Amanda and Ellis Hinchley[1]
The civil parish has an area of 7.32 km (4.55 mi) 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 should not be mistaken for the village of Ormesby St Michael, which lies some 3 km (1.9 mi) 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]
Thomas Webster [4] (1631-1715), who was born in Ormesby St. Margaret and eventually settled in New Hampshire, was the great-great-grandfather of the prominent 19th Century American politician Daniel Webster.
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 1980's, the home and estate served as Duncan Hall School. [7]
Notes
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.
- ^ FleggIsland.co.uk (2005). The Flegg Villages. Retrieved January 22, 2005.
- ^ "Family History and Genealogy Records". FamilySearch.org. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ^ The Perlustration of Great Yarmouth with Gorleston and Southtown, Charles Palmer, 1872, page 371.
- ^ 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.
- ^ A G Overill, Secretary, Old Duncanians Association, Great Yarmouth Mercury, 2009-08-20.
External links
- Map sources for Ormesby St Margaret
- Map sources for Scratby
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Ormesby St Margaret
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