Rollesby

Rollesby

Rollesby is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A149 road, adjacent to Rollesby Broad and Ormesby Broad, about 12 km north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 30 km east of the city of Norwich.ref|osexp1

The civil parish has an area of 5.91 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 995 in 408 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.ref|osnncc

The church of Rollesby St George is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

References

* Ordnance Survey (2005). "OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads". ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
* Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). " [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] ". Retrieved December 2, 2005.

External links

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* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/r/rollesby/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Rollesby.
* [http://www.roundtowerchurches.de/Karte/B6/Rollesby_St_George/rollesby_st_george.html Website with photos of Rollesby St George] , a round-tower church


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