Filby

Filby's name is of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin deriving from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for Fili's or Fila's settlement. In the Domesday Book, Filby is listed as a settlement of 48 households in the hundred of East Flegg. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of William de Warenne, Roger Bigod, St Benet's Abbey, William d'Ecouis and Rabel the Engineer. Filby Hall is a manor-house dating from the 18th century with a significant remodelling in the 19th century in the Victorian Gothic style. The hall is surrounded by walled gardens with a rare example of a 19th century summerhouse in the Orangery. During the Second World War, the hall…