# Aldeby

Aldeby is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is bounded to the south by the River Waveney, on the other side of which is Suffolk. The village is about five miles (8 km) by road from Beccles.

## History

The name Aldeby derives from the Old Norse word meaning "old fortification". The civil parish has an area of 12.61 square kilometres and in 2001 had a population of 437 in 175 household, falling to a population of 422 in 180 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the area of the district of South Norfolk.
Aldeby is well known for its fishing pits and also historically for the apple factory (Waveney Apple Growers Ltd) based on Common Road that closed in the late 1990s. It also once had its own railway station.
Aldeby is mentioned in the Domesday Book and was part of Clavering hundred. Aldeby Priory was located here.
Between 1959 and 1968, the village was the location of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring bunker, to be used in the event of a nuclear attack. It remains mostly intact.

## War memorial

St Mary the Virgin church holds the village's war memorials. The memorial to the fallen of the First World War holds 23 names which are:
* Company Sergeant-Major Walter R. Snowling (1894–1916), 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
* Lance-Corporal Frederick H. B. Alp (d.1916), 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
* Lance-Corporal Benjamin Wright (d.1917), 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
* Lance-Corporal Fred S. Wright (d.1916), 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
* Shoeing Smith James Eggett (1873–1918), 87th Battery, Royal Field Artillery
* Gunner Alfred A. Manthorpe (d.1918), 252nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
* Private Harold Howes (1894–1918), 33rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
* Private George Alger (d.1917), 7th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
* Private James H. Rouse (1897–1917), 11th Battalion, Essex Regiment
* Private Arthur E. Self (1895–1916), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Joseph Soanes, 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Private Bertie W. Brown (d.1917), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Private Fred H. Slater (d.1917), 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Private Richard W. Slater (1893–1919), 4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Private Frederick Simpson (d.1915), 10th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Private William Thrower (d.1918), 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
* Private Herbert G. Cooper (1896–1915), 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
* Private Allard J. Saker (1896–1915), 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
* Private Henry Newson (d.1919), 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
* Seaman Leonard Alp (1896–1915), HMS Clan MacNaughton
* Chief Cook Harry C. Orpin (d.1915), HMS Pembroke
* Deck-Hand Arthur Soanes (1879–1917), HM Armed trawler Ethel & Millie
* Engineman Fred W. Leathers (1891–1916), HM Drifter Buckler
And the following six names for the Second World War:
* Private Ernest J. Tye (1924–1945), 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment
* Pilot Officer Edward M. Gunther (1920–1940), No. 501 Squadron RAF
* Sergeant Jack A. G. Reynolds (1923–1943), No. 44 Squadron RAF
* Sergeant-Air Gunner Edward A. J. Farrow (1926–1945), No. 158 Squadron RAF
* Able Seaman James W. Soanes (1914–1929), HMS Tigris (N63)
* Second-Hand Sidney C. Burroughs (1914–1942), HMS Ullswater