Scratby
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| Scratby | |
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 Scratby Village Sign | |
  Scratby Location within Norfolk | |
| OS grid reference | TG510156 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GREAT YARMOUTH |
| Postcode district | NR29 |
| Dialling code | 01493 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Scratby is a seaside village within the parish of Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby in the Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England. Scratby is situated 7 miles (11 km) north of Great Yarmouth. The village forms part of the wider Great Yarmouth Urban Area. The village is adjacent to the small village of California to the south and the village of Hemsby to the north.
Scratby was first recorded in the Domesday Book as "in the hundred of East Flegg and the county of Norfolk."[1]
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the village as follows:
SCRATBY, a parish in Flegg district, Norfolk; on the coast, 5¼ miles N by W of Yarmouth r. station. Post-town, Ormsby, under Great Yarmouth. Acres, returned with Ormsby. Real property, £1, 505. Pop. in 1851, 177; in 1861, 309. Houses, 65. S. Hall was formerlythe seat of the Earl of Home, and is now the seat of the Rev. R. Foster. A fishing village was recently formedat the cliff California. A life-boat station also was recently formed. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Ormsby, in the diocese of Norwich.
— John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23439
The village grew in size in 1848, due to the discovery of 16th century gold coins in nearby California. As a result, the-then small village grew in popularity as a seaside resort alongside Scratby.[2]
Geography
Scratby is adjacent to the small built-up area of California to the south and is close to the villages of Hemsby to the north and Ormesby St Margaret to the southwest. The North Sea is to the east.
All Saints Parish Hall and Old Methodist Church
The village is served by All Saints Parish Hall off Beach Road. An old church is believed to have once occupied the site.[3] The hall is used for community events.[4]
There was also a Methodism church on Scratby Road.[5] It was opened in 1894 and continued to be used until 2012 when it was closed. It has since been converted to a private residence.[6]
