Ashby St Mary

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Ashby St Mary
Ashby St Mary shown within Norfolk
OS grid reference	TG3202
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°34′N 1°25′E / 52.56, 1.42

Ashby St Mary is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish has an area of 2.03 square kilometres and in the 2001 census had a population of 297 in 115 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.^[1]

The village is situated 7½ miles (12 km) south-east of Norwich and a mile (1½ km) north of Thurton, with Claxton (to the north), Hellington (to the west) and Carleton St. Peter (to the east) all lying a similar distance away. The church has a high tower, a long, low nave, and an impressive Norman door.^[2] A tombstone in the graveyard depicts a lady with geese; this much-photographed carving is repeated on the village sign, which was commissioned in 2000 to celebrate the millennium. It also depicts a windmill which stood in the village until at least 1916.^[3]

The village was recorded in the Domesday Book.^[4]