Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet

Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet
Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet
	Cottages in Somerleyton
	Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet Location within Suffolk
Area	14 km2 (5.4 sq mi)
Population	427 (2011)
• Density	31/km2 (80/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TM486982
District	East Suffolk;
Shire county	Suffolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lowestoft
Postcode district	NR32
Dialling code	01502
UK Parliament	Waveney;
Website	http://www.ashvillages.org.uk
	List of places UK England Suffolk 52°31′34″N 1°39′50″E / 52.526°N 1.664°E

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]

Culture and community

Somerleyton is the largest of the three villages which make up the parish, with a population of around 300. It includes the Somerleyton Estate, which is a major landowner within the wider parish.^[7]^[8] The village was rebuilt during the 19th-century at the direction of Samuel Morton Peto, a railway developer who owned Somerleyton Hall. The design of the village was based on Blaise Hamlet near Bristol and was designed by John Thomas who also rebuilt Somerleyton Hall.^[4]^[9]^[10]^[11] Ashby and Herringfleet are both sparsely populated, each with populations of around 50, mainly on scattered farms.^[7]^[8]

Somerleyton has a primary school, built as part of the development of the model village,^[12] a village hall and playing field as well as the parish's only remaining public house, the Dukes Head. Each of the former parish churches remain active.^[8]^[13]^[14] In the 1950s, Christopher Cockerell designed and tested the first hovercraft at his boatyard in the village. A column was erected in the village in 2010 on the 100th anniversary of Cockerell's birth.^[15]^[16]^[17]

The Lowestoft to Norwich railway line runs through the parish close to the Waveney. Somerleyton railway station has operated since 1847.^[4] The lines passes close to Cockerell's boatyard, Somerleyton Marina, and Herringfleet Windmill, both of which are within The Broads national park.^[8]^[14]^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Village profile: Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, East Suffolk District Council, 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
^ The Waveney (Parishes) Order 1987, Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
^ Ashby, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c Somerleyton, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
^ 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.
^ Herringfleet, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
^ ^a ^b Our area, ASH Villages, Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet parish council. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
^ Somerleyton Park, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
^ Stevens T (2015) Thomas, John, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2021-03-09. (subscription required)
^ Port MH (2004) Peto, Sir (Samuel) Morton, first baronet, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2021-03-09. (subscription required)
^ County Primary School, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
^ Somerleyton, Suffolk Pubs, Suffolk Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
^ ^a ^b Lound with Ashby, Herringfleet and Somerleyton Neighbourhood Plan, Lound Parish Council, 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
^ Hovercraft memorial underway, East Anglian Daily Times, 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
^ Somerleyton column remembers genius, Great Yarmouth Mercury, 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
^ Wheeler RL (2009) Cockerell, Sir Christopher Sydney, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2021-03-14. (subscription required)
^ Herringfleet Marsh Mill, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 2013-03-13.

External links

ASH villages, parish council website

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[vp-1] 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.

[shea-3] Ashby, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

[shes-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.

[sheh-6] Herringfleet, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

[ash-7] Our area, ASH Villages, Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet parish council. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

[hs-8] Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

[9] Somerleyton Park, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 2013-03-13.

[10] Stevens T (2015) Thomas, John, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2021-03-09. (subscription required)

[11] Port MH (2004) Peto, Sir (Samuel) Morton, first baronet, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2021-03-09. (subscription required)

[12] County Primary School, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

[13] Somerleyton, Suffolk Pubs, Suffolk Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 2021-03-13.

[np-14] Lound with Ashby, Herringfleet and Somerleyton Neighbourhood Plan, Lound Parish Council, 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-14.

[15] Hovercraft memorial underway, East Anglian Daily Times, 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2021-03-14.

[16] Somerleyton column remembers genius, Great Yarmouth Mercury, 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2021-03-14.

[17] Wheeler RL (2009) Cockerell, Sir Christopher Sydney, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 2021-03-14. (subscription required)

[18] Herringfleet Marsh Mill, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 2013-03-13.

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