Thrigby is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

east of

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. It lies by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. The population of the Norwich ...

, now in the parish of

Mautby Mautby is a village and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England. The parish comprises a largely rural area along the north bank of the River Bure, and also includes the small villages of Runham and Thrigby. It is located some northwes ...

, in the

Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth ( ), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside resort, seaside town which gives its name to the wider Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich. Its fishing industry, m ...

district, in the county of

Norfolk Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...

, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 47.

Amenities

It has a church called St Mary. Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens are on Filby Road. Thrigby Windmill is 1 mile east of the village.

History

The name "Thrigby" is Old Scandinavian and means 'Thrykki's farm/settlement'. Thrigby was recorded in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...

of 1086 as ''Trikebei''/''Trukebei''. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Mautby.

References

Villages in Norfolk Former civil parishes in Norfolk Borough of Great Yarmouth {{Norfolk-geo-stub