Alby with Thwaite

Alby with Thwaite
All Saints’ Parish Church, Thwaite
St. Ethelbert's, Alby
Alby with Thwaite Location within Norfolk
Area	5.81 km^2 (2.24 sq mi)
Population	245 (parish, 2011 census)
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG196340
• London	132 miles
Civil parish	Alby with Thwaite
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR11
Dialling code	01263
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	North Norfolk

Alby with Thwaite is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The parish straddles the A140 some 10 km south of Cromer and 30 km north of Norwich, including the settlements of Alby and Thwaite.

Alby with Thwaite has an area of 5.81 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 223 in 86 households, the population increasing to 245 at the 2011 Census.^[1] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.^[2]

The church at the hamlet of Thwaite All Saints,^[3] is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. Other features of interest are the 1624 pulpit and the 1824 Sunday school room situated north of the chancel.^[4] The novelist Gertrude Fenton lived at the White House in All Saints’ Thwaite with her husband Arthur in the 1870s.^[5]

Toponymy

The name 'Alby' means 'Ali's farm/settlement'.^[6]

The name 'Thwaite' means 'Clearing'.^[7]

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 31 August 2015.
2. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
3. Newby, Pat. "William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1883". Norfolk: Thwaite All Saints. Newby. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
4. Betjeman, John, ed. (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South. London: Collins; p. 320
5. Fenton, Gertrude. "1871 National Census for Untited Kingdom". national Archives.
6. "Key to English Place-names".
7. "Key to English Place-names".

External links

Media related to Alby with Thwaite at Wikimedia Commons

• A vision of Alby with Thwaite
• Thwaite All Saints on the European Round Tower Churches website
• Alby in the Domesday Book
• Thwaite in the Domesday Book