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Fishley
Fishley
	St. Mary's Church, Fishley
	Fishley Location within Norfolk
OS grid reference	TG 40142 11851
• London	105 miles (169 km)
Civil parish	Upton with Fishley;
District	Broadland;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Norwich
Postcode district	NR13
Dialling code	01493
UK Parliament	Broadland;
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°38′53″N 1°32′41″E / 52.64801°N 1.544695°E

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Fishley is a village in the English county of Norfolk, forming part of the civil parish of Upton with Fishley. The village is located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of Acle and 11 miles (18 km) east of Norwich.

History

In the Domesday Book, Fishley is listed as a settlement of 34 households located in the hundred of Walsham. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of King William I, St Benet's Abbey and William d'Ecouis.^[1]

Fishley Hall was built as a manor-house in the Eighteenth Century and features ornate Georgian gardens and an approach drive. The hall was derelict by 1999 but is today fully restored and operates as a venue of wedding receptions.^[2]

Geography

Fishley falls within the constituency of Broadland and is represented at Parliament by Jerome Mayhew MP of the Conservative Party. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Broadland.

St. Mary's Church

Fishley's church is dedicated to Saint Mary and is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining Anglo-Saxon round-tower churches. St. Mary's was heavily restored in the Nineteenth Century.^[3]

External links

Media related to Fishley at Wikimedia Commons

St Mary's on the European Round Tower Churches Website
Round Tower Churches Society, more general information on the history of the round-tower churches.

References

^ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved January 01, 2023. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG3911/fishley/
^ Rose, E. (2007). Retrieved January 01, 2023. https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF57181-Fishley-Hall&Index=49843&RecordCount=56734&SessionID=87cf4c1c-9deb-49f0-9541-de3a62654719
^ Knott, S. (2016). Retrieved January 01, 2023. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/fishley/fishley.htm

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[1] Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved January 01, 2023. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG3911/fishley/

[2] Rose, E. (2007). Retrieved January 01, 2023. https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF57181-Fishley-Hall&Index=49843&RecordCount=56734&SessionID=87cf4c1c-9deb-49f0-9541-de3a62654719

[3] Knott, S. (2016). Retrieved January 01, 2023. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/fishley/fishley.htm

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 ==History==
-In the [[Domesday Book]], Fishley is listed as a settlement of 34 households located in the [[Hundred (county division)|hundred]] of [[North Walsham|Walsham]]. In 1086, the village was divided between the [[East Anglia|East Anglian]] estates of [[William the Conqueror|King William I]], [[St Benet's Abbey]] and [[William d'Ecouis]].<ref> Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved January 01, 2023. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG3911/fishley/ </ref>
+In the [[Domesday Book]], Fishley is listed as a settlement of 34 households located in the [[Hundred (county division)|hundred]] of [[North Walsham|Walsham]]. In 1086, the village was divided between the [[East Anglia]]n estates of [[William the Conqueror|King William I]], [[St Benet's Abbey]] and [[William d'Ecouis]].<ref> Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved January 01, 2023. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG3911/fishley/ </ref>
 Fishley Hall was built as a manor-house in the Eighteenth Century and features ornate [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] gardens and an approach drive. The hall was derelict by 1999 but is today fully restored and operates as a venue of wedding receptions.<ref> Rose, E. (2007). Retrieved January 01, 2023. https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF57181-Fishley-Hall&Index=49843&RecordCount=56734&SessionID=87cf4c1c-9deb-49f0-9541-de3a62654719 </ref>
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 ==St. Mary's Church==
-Fishley's church is dedicated to [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Saint Mary]] and is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[round-tower church|round-tower churches]]. St. Mary's was heavily restored in the Nineteenth Century.<ref> Knott, S. (2016). Retrieved January 01, 2023. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/fishley/fishley.htm </ref>
+Fishley's church is dedicated to [[Mary, mother of Jesus|Saint Mary]] and is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[round-tower church]]es. St. Mary's was heavily restored in the Nineteenth Century.<ref> Knott, S. (2016). Retrieved January 01, 2023. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/fishley/fishley.htm </ref>
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 {{Commons category-inline|Fishley}}
 *[https://www.roundtowerchurches.net/norfolk/norfolk-c-g/fishley-2/ St Mary's on the European Round Tower Churches Website]
 *[http://www.roundtowers.org.uk Round Tower Churches Society], more general information on the history of the [[round-tower church]]es.
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