Rollesby

Rollesby
Rollesby St George
Rollesby Location within Norfolk
Area	5.91 km^2 (2.28 sq mi)
Population	946 (2011 census)[1]
• Density	160/km^2 (410/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG451160
Civil parish	Rollesby
District	Great Yarmouth
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GREAT YARMOUTH
Postcode district	NR29
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England

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 (7.5 mi) north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and 30 km (19 mi) east of the city of Norwich.[2]

The villages name means 'Hrolfr's farm/settlement'.^[citation needed]

The civil parish has an area of 5.91 km^2 (2.28 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 995 in 408 households, the population reducing at the 2011 Census to 946.[1] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.[3]

The church of Rollesby St George is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk and is a Grade II* listed building.[4]

Notes

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
2. Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads. ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
3. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
4. Historic England. "Church of St George (1152526)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Rollesby

External links

Media related to Rollesby at Wikimedia Commons

• Map sources for Rollesby.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Rollesby.
• St George's on the European Round Tower Churches website