Barnby, Suffolk
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Barnby is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.[1] The village is Script error: No such module "convert". west of Lowestoft and Script error: No such module "convert". east of Beccles in the north of the county. It is effectively merged with the village of North Cove which constitutes a separate parish.[2]
At the 2011 United Kingdom census the population of the parish was 479.[3] This had fallen slightly from a mid-2005 estimated population of 510.Template:Efn[3][4] Other than North Cove, it is bordered by Carlton Colville to the east, Mutford to the south, and to the north the Norfolk parish of Burgh St Peter across the river.[3]
The northern border of the parish is marked by the River Waveney and the northern area lies within The Broads National Park.[2] The village lies on the A146 road running between Norwich and Lowestoft. This bypasses the built up area on a series of bends known locally as the "Barnby bends".[2] The Ipswich to Lowestoft railway line runs through the north of the parish, with the nearest stations at Template:Rws and Template:Rws.
History
The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book. It had an average population at this time with about 13 families in the village.[5] The village formed part of the holdings of Earl Hugh of Chester.[5]
Culture and community
The village contains a public house and a garden centre. Barnby and North Cove Primary School educates around 45 children aged 4 to 11.[6] It is federated with Southwold primary school, sharing a headteacher.[7] At age 11 children transfer to Sir John Leman High School in Beccles.
The village church is dedicated to St John the Baptist and is a grade II* listed building.[8][9] The nave and chancel date from the 13th century with a 14th-century tower.[8][10] There are the remains of three 15th century wall paintings inside the church.[8][9]
Barnby Broad and Marshes SSSI
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Notes
References
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- ↑ OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : Template:ISBN.
- ↑ a b c Barnby, Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ↑ a b c Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
- ↑ Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk, Suffolk County Council, 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2009-04-19. (Archived, 2008-12-19.)
- ↑ a b Barnby, Open Domesday. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- ↑ Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School, Department for Education Edubase. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- ↑ Two Suffolk schools to share headteacher, Beccles and Bungay Journal, 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
- ↑ a b c Church of St John the Baptist, Barnby, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- ↑ a b St Johns Church Template:Webarchive, English Heritage. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- ↑ Knott S (2009) St John the Baptist, Barnby, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- ↑ a b c Barnby Broad and Marshes Template:Webarchive, SSSI citation, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
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