Aldeby

Aldeby
Aldeby
	Aldeby village sign
	Aldeby Location within Norfolk
Area	12.61 km2 (4.87 sq mi)
Population	420 (2011)
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TM450933
District	South Norfolk;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BECCLES
Postcode district	NR34
Dialling code	01502
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	South Norfolk;
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°28′58″N 1°36′27″E / 52.482719°N 1.607606°E

Aldeby is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. 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.

History

The name Aldeby derives from the Old Norse word meaning "old fortification". The civil parish has an area of 12.61 square kilometres and in 2001 had a population of 437 in 175 household, falling to a population of 422 in 180 households at the 2011 Census.^[1] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the area of the district of South Norfolk.^[1]

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 railway station.^{[citation needed]}

Aldeby is mentioned in the Domesday Book and was part of Clavering hundred. Aldeby Priory was located here.^{[citation needed]}

Between 1959 and 1968, the village was the location of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring bunker, to be used in the event of a nuclear attack. It remains mostly intact. ^[2]

War memorial

St Mary the Virgin church holds the village's war memorials. The memorial to the fallen of the First World War holds 23 names which are:

Company Sergeant-Major Walter R. Snowling (1894–1916), 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
Lance-Corporal Frederick H. B. Alp (d.1916), 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Lance-Corporal Benjamin Wright (d.1917), 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
Lance-Corporal Fred S. Wright (d.1916), 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Shoeing Smith James Eggett (1873–1918), 87th Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Gunner Alfred A. Manthorpe (d.1918), 252nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Private Harold Howes (1894–1918), 33rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Private George Alger (d.1917), 7th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
Private James H. Rouse (1897–1917), 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment
Private Arthur E. Self (1895–1916), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Joseph Soanes, 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Bertie W. Brown (d.1917), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Fred H. Slater (d.1917), 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Richard W. Slater (1893–1919), 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Frederick Simpson (d.1915), 10th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private William Thrower (d.1918), 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
Private Herbert G. Cooper (1896–1915), 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
Private Allard J. Saker (1896–1915), 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
Private Henry Newson (d.1919), 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
Seaman Leonard Alp (1896–1915), HMS Clan MacNaughton
Chief Cook Harry C. Orpin (d.1915), HMS Pembroke
Deck-Hand Arthur Soanes (1879–1917), HM Armed trawler Ethel & Millie
Engineman Fred W. Leathers (1891–1916), HM Drifter Buckler

And the following six names for the Second World War:

Private Ernest J. Tye (1924–1945), 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment
Pilot Officer Edward M. Gunther (1920–1940), No. 501 Squadron RAF
Sergeant Jack A. G. Reynolds (1923–1943), No. 44 Squadron RAF
Sergeant-Air Gunner Edward A. J. Farrow (1926–1945), No. 158 Squadron RAF
Able Seaman James W. Soanes (1914–1929), HMS Tigris (N63)
Second-Hand Sidney C. Burroughs (1914–1942), HMS Ullswater

References

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
^ "Aldeby ROC Post – Subterranea Britannica". www.subbrit.org.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Aldeby

External links

Media related to Aldeby at Wikimedia Commons
Parish Council
Aldeby in the Domesday Book

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[1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

[2] "Aldeby ROC Post – Subterranea Britannica". www.subbrit.org.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

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