Ashby with Oby and Thurne Norfolk Family History Guide

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Ashby with Oby and Thurne is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Norfolk, created in 1604 from Ashby with Oby Ancient Parish and Thurne Ancient Parish.

Other places in the parish include: Thirne, Oby, and Thurne.

Alternative names:

  • Ashby
  • Ashby with Oby

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

Ashby with Oby and Thurne

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Oby

  • Parish registers: 1563
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Thurne

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

  • Clippesby
  • Fishley
  • Upton
  • Ludham
  • Repps with Bastwick
  • Rollesby
  • Burgh St Margaret
  • Horning

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ASHBY (St. Mary), a parish, in the East and West Flegg incorporation, hundred of West Flegg, E. division of Norfolk, 4 miles (N.) from Acle.

This parish, which was consolidated with those of Thirne and Oby in 1604, now comprises about 1900 acres, whereof 800 are marsh and meadow land.

The three places form one rectory, valued in the king’s books at £10, and in the gift of the Bishop of Norwich: the tithes have been commuted for £690.

Ashby consists of only one farm; it had formerly a church, of which there are very slight remains.

The parsonage-house, a respectable residence, is in Oby, and has a glebe of about 23 acres.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Norfolk, Ashby-with-Oby

England, Norfolk, Ashby (near Brundall) – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Church of St. Mary the Virgin tombstone inscriptions, Ashby, Norfolk, England

England, Norfolk, Ashby (near Brundall) – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Ashby, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Norfolk, Ashby (near Brundall) – Church records ( 5 )
Archdeacons transcripts, 1600-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashby (near Brundall); Church of England. Parish Church of Thirne; Church of England. Parish Church of Oby (Norfolk); Norfolk and Norwich Record Office (Norwich, England)

Marriages at Thurne with Oby and Ashby, 1559-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thirne; Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913; Holley, G. H.

Parish register extracts, 1646
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashby (near Brundall)

Parish register transcripts of Oby with Thurne and Ashby, 1563-1718
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Oby (Norfolk); Church of England. Parish Church of Thirne; Church of England. Parish Church of Ashby (near Brundall)

Parish register transcripts, 1600-1750
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashby (near Brundall)

Administration

  • County: Norfolk
  • Civil Registration District: Flegg
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Norwich
  • Diocese: Norwich
  • Rural Deanery: Flegg
  • Poor Law Union: East and West Flegg
  • Hundred: West Flegg
  • Province: Canterbury