Mautby

Human settlement in England
  • Mautby
District
  • Great Yarmouth
Shire county
  • Norfolk
Region
  • East
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townGREAT YARMOUTHPostcode districtNR29PoliceNorfolkFireNorfolkAmbulanceEast of England
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UK
England
Norfolk
52°39′07″N 1°39′49″E / 52.65202°N 1.663742°E / 52.65202; 1.663742

Mautby is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, in the East Flegg Hundred. The parish comprises a largely rural area along the north bank of the River Bure, and also includes the small villages of Runham and Thrigby. It is located some 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of the town of Great Yarmouth and 30 km (19 mi) east of the city of Norwich.[1][2]

The civil parish has an area of 16.6 km2 (6.4 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 395 in 145 households, the population reducing to 383 at the 2011 Census.[3] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.[4]

The parish churches of Mautby and Runham are both dedicated to St Peter and St Paul; Thrigby's dedication is to St Mary. All three churches are Grade II* listed.[citation needed]

Notes

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads; ISBN 0-319-23769-9
  2. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk.
  3. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  4. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mautby.
  • SS Peter and Paul's on the European Round Tower Churches website
  • Map sources for Mautby.
  • Map sources for Runham.
  • Map sources for Thrigby.
  • Information from Genuki Norfolk on Mautby.
  • Information from Genuki Norfolk on Runham.
  • Information from Genuki Norfolk on Thrigby.
  • Runham village web site


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