Burnham Norton
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| Burnham Norton | |
|---|---|
 Burnham Norton St. Margaret | |
  Burnham Norton Location within Norfolk | |
| Area | 14.27 km2 (5.51 sq mi) |
| Population | 173 (2011) |
| • Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TF829438 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KING'S LYNN |
| Postcode district | PE31 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
Burnham Norton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, one of the Burnhams, an adjacent group in the northernmost part of Norfolk, on the A149 some 2 km north of the larger village of Burnham Market, 35 km north-east of King's Lynn and 60 km north-west of Norwich.[1] "Burnham" means "Homestead/village on the River Burn" or perhaps, "hemmed-in land on the River Burn". "Norton", meaning "North farm/settlement", distinguishes it from the other Norfolk Burnhams.[2]
Inhabitants
The civil parish has an area of 14.27 km.2 In the 2001 census it had a population of 76 in 37 households.[3] The 2011 census population of 173 was estimated at 156 in 2019.[4]
For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.[5]
The village is located close to the coast, and overlooks the tidal Norton Marshes and Scolt Head Island NNR.
Church of St Margaret
The church of Burnham Norton St Margaret is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk, and is a Grade I listed building.[6]
David Jamieson VC is buried in the churchyard, as are Lady Margaret Douglas-Home, who was a great aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Richard Woodget, master of the Cutty Sark.
References
- ^ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 251 - Norfolk Coast Central. ISBN 0-319-21887-2.
- ^ http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Burnham%20Norton.
- ^ "Parish population 2015". Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ^ City Population. Retrieved February 2021.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
- ^ Moore, C.N. St Margaret's Church, Burnham Norton, with notes on its Rectors, the Carmelite Friary and Norton village, Seeley, Wells n.d. but 1978.
External links
- Map sources for Burnham Norton.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Burnham Norton.
- Norfolkcoast.co.uk on Burnham Norton.