ASHBY, a parish in the hundred of MUTFORD-and-LOTHINGLAND, county of SUFFOLK, 6 miles (N.W.) from Lowestoft, containing 34 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £,6, and in the patronage of the Rev. George Anguish. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small thatched building, having a tower circular at the base and octangular above, with battlements and embrasures.