Ormesby St Margaret, Norfolk : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Ormesby St Margaret. You may be able to find further references to Ormesby St Margaret in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Ormesby village with railway station Bartholomew
Ormesby St Margaret, with Scratby, and Ormesby St Michael Bartholomew
ORMSBY-ST. MARGARET, or Great Ormsby a village and a parish Imperial

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Scratby 0 2
Ormesby St Michael 0 1
Filby 0 2
Hemsby 0 2
Caister Next Yarmouth 3 3
Flegg 1 2
Mautby 0 2
Thrigby 0 2
Runham 0 2
Rollesby 0 2
East Somerton 0 2
Winterton 20 3
Burgh St Margaret 0 3
Martham 0 2
Herringby 0 2
West Somerton 0 3
Billockby 0 2
Stokesby 0 2
Oby 0 2
Clippesby 1 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Ormesby St Margaret. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
GREAT ORMSBY John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
ORMESBY John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
ORMESBY ST MARGARET GBHGIS Great Britain Historical GIS Project (, ).
ORMESBY ST MARGARET WITH SCRATBY AND ORMESBY ST MICHAEL John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
ORMSBY John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
ORMSBY ST MARGARET John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
ORMSBY ST MARGARET OR GREAT ORMSBY John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

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