Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.6746°N 1.6975°W
Label Position:left
Os Grid Reference:TG 494 148
Official Name:Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby
Population:3,974
Population Ref:(2011)
Area Total Km2:7.32
Region:East of England
Civil Parish:Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby
Postcode District:NR29
Postcode Area:NR
Post Town:GREAT YARMOUTH
Website:https://ormesbypc.norfolkparishes.gov.uk/

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 1miles apart, and they are situated about 6miles north of the town of Great Yarmouth and 19miles east of the city of Norwich.[1]

The civil parish has an area of 4.5miles and in the 2001 census had a population of 4,021 in 1,680 households, the population reducing to 3,974 at the 2011 Census.[2]

Great Ormesby railway station was once located in Ormesby St Margaret on the line between Great Yarmouth and Melton Constable. It was closed in 1959.[3]

Toponymy

The name Ormesby means the settlement of a man called Ormr in Old English, while Scratby means the settlement of a man called Skrauti. California is reputed to have derived its name from 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.[4]

Governance

For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.[5] Ormesby electoral ward includes Ormesby St Michael, a small village lying some 2miles to the west. The ward had a total population at the 2011 Census of 4,268.[6]

Parish Church

St Margaret's Parish Church dates back to the 14th and 15th centuries and underwent restoration by Richard Phipson in the 19th century.[7] [8] Inside the church there are monumental brasses to Robert and Elizabeth Clere, who left £10 towards the building of a steeple, and their daughter-in-law Alice Clere, who was the aunt of Queen Anne Boleyn.[8] [9] Stained glass dates from the 20th century and was produced by a number of different workshops.[8]

Scratby Hall

Scratby Hall was built by John Fisher in about 1750, possibly incorporating elements from an earlier building. It was acquired by John Ramey, a lawyer and mayor of Great Yarmouth, who moved into the property on his retirement, having previously leased it to the diarist Sylas Neville. Ramey's daughter Abigail lived in the house following the death in 1786 of her husband, Reverend Alexander Home, 9th Earl of Home. The house underwent substantial additions during the nineteenth century.[10] From 1949 to the mid-1980s, the home and estate served as Duncan Hall School.[11] After the closure of the school, the Hall became a private residence. It was damaged by a fire in 1989.[10]

Notable residents

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Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. .
  2. Web site: Civil Parish 2011. 25 August 2015.
  3. Book: Butt, R.V.J.. The Directory of Railway Stations. 1995. Patrick Stephens Ltd. Yeovil. 1-85260-508-1. R508. 109.
  4. Web site: Parish Summary: Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby. Norfold Heritage Explorer. 2 August 2006.
  5. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes . Retrieved 2 December 2005.
  6. Web site: Ormesby ward population 2011 . 25 August 2015.
  7. Web site: St Margaret's Church, Great Ormesby. Norfolk Heritage Explorer. 7 July 2024.
  8. Web site: St Margaret, Ormesby St Margaret. Norfolk Churches. 7 July 2024.
  9. Book: Samuel. Woodward. W.C.. Ewing. The Norfolk Topographer's Manuel. 1842. Nichols and Son. London. 140. Samuel Woodward.
  10. Web site: Scratby House, Norfolk, designs for alterations to the house for John Ramey Esq, c1777, unexecuted (7). Sir John Soane's Museum Collection Online. 6 July 2024.
  11. A G Overill, Secretary, Old Duncanians Association, Great Yarmouth Mercury, 20 August 2009.
  12. Book: Bowen, Zonia . Dy Bobl Di Fydd fy Mhobl I . 2015 . Y Lolfa . 978-1-78461-064-7 . en.
  13. Web site: Clere, Sir John (?1511-57), of London, Norwich and Ormesby, Norfolk. History of Parliament Trust.
  14. Web site: Lacon, Edmund Knowles (1780–1839), of Ormesby House, Great Yarmouth, Norf.. History of Parliament Trust.
  15. Web site: Family History and Genealogy Records . FamilySearch.org . 2009-08-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081212055830/http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp . 2008-12-12 .