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 and Fakenham
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°38′53″N1°32′41″E / 52.64801°N 1.544695°E / 52.64801; 1.544695

Fishley is a village in the English county of Norfolk, forming part of the civil parish of Upton with Fishley.

Fishley is located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of Acle and 11 miles (18 km) east of Norwich.

History

Fishley's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for fisherman's clearing. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

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. ^{[3] [4]}

Geography

Fishley is located close to the course of the River Bure.

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, dating from the Thirteenth Century. St. Mary's has been Grade II listed since 1962. ^[5]

St. Mary's was heavily restored in the Nineteenth Century, in a fashion that did not preserve most of its Medieval features. ^[6]

Governance

Fishley is part of the electoral ward of Blofield with South Walsham for local elections and is part of the district of Broadland.

The village's national constituency is Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Party's Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.

External links

Media related to Fishley at Wikimedia Commons

• St Mary's on the European Round Tower Churches Website

References

1. "Parish-Summary-Upton-with-Fishley-(Parish-Summary) - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
2. "Fishley | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
3. "Fishley-Hall - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
4. Elcoate, Liz (28 September 2016). "About Fishley Hall | Fishley Hall, Norfolk" . Retrieved 23 February 2025.
5. "CHURCH OF ST MARY, FISHLEY, Upton with Fishley - 1051427 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
6. "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.