ORMSBY (ST-MARGARET), a parish in the eastern
division of the hundred of FLEGG, county of NORFOLK,
3 miles (N. W.) from Caistor, containing, with Scratby,
687 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, with
the perpetual curacy of Ormsby St. Michael, and with
which was united, in 1548, the vicarage of Scrowtby, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich, rated in the
king's books at £10. 0. 10., endowed with £210 private
benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich.