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 apart, and they are situated about north of the town of

Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth (), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside town and unparished area in, and the main administrative centre of, the Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich. A pop ...

and east of the city of Norwich.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads''. . The civil parish has an area of 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. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of

.Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001).
Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes
''. Retrieved 2 December 2005. Ormesby St Margaret is separate from the village of

Ormesby St Michael Ormesby St Michael is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and east of the city of Norwich. Nearby are Ormesby Broad and Ormesby Little Broad, both par ...

, which lies some to the west.

Great Ormesby railway station Great Ormesby railway station was a station in Ormesby St Margaret, Norfolk. It was opened in 1877 and later became part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway route bringing holiday passengers from the Midlands to the Norfolk Nor ...

was once located here on the line between

and Melton Constable. It is now closed. California owes its name to the discovery of some 16th-century gold coins on the beach in 1848, at a time when the

California gold rush The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California fro ...

had captured the attention of the world.FleggIsland.co.uk (2005).
The Flegg Villages
'. Retrieved 22 January 2005. The 1940s Home front museum Blitz and Pieces is based in the parish.

Toponymy

The name 'Ormesby' means 'Omr's farm/settlement'. Scratby's name origin is not known.

Governance

Ormesby

electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...

includes Ormesby St Michael and had a total population at the 2011 Census of 4,268.

Parish Church

St Margaret's Parish Church dates back to the 14th century. It is said that

Alice Clere Alice Clere (died 1538) was the third daughter of Sir William Boleyn and his wife Margaret Ormond (otherwise Butler), the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond. Alice was thus the sister of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshi ...

(d. 1 November 1538) made sure that the church tower was completed, as the workmen had taken far too long. Alice Clere, the daughter of Sir William Boleyn of Blickling, was an aunt of Queen Anne Boleyn. ''Vide:'' interior and exterior photographs available through external links.

Scratby Hall

Scratby Hall, the country house of John Ramey, was occupied by his daughter, the Dowager Countess of

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, until her death in 1814. The house was originally built by John Fisher, Esq. John Ramey, Esq., an attorney, then barrister, retired to Scratby Hall, where he died in 1796. He let a house in Scratby to the diarist Sylas Neville between 1769 and 1772, who describes his encounters with local society including John Ramey. From 1949 to the mid-1980s, the home and estate served as Duncan Hall School. In 1989, a fire damaged 40% of the 11 bedroom country house.

Notable residents

* Thomas Webster (1631–1715), who was born in Ormesby St. Margaret and eventually settled in New Hampshire, was the great-great-grandfather of the prominent 19th century American politician Daniel Webster.

Notes

External links

* for Ormesby St Margaret * for Scratby
Ormesby Medical CentreOrmesby, Scratby and California CommunityInformation from Genuki Norfolk
on Ormesby St Margaret

* http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Ormesby%20St%20Margaret%20&%20St%20Michael

External links

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