Burnham Norton
| Burnham Norton | ||
|---|---|---|
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
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
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
- ISBN 0-319-21887-2.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Burnham Norton.
- Map sources for Burnham Norton.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Burnham Norton.
- Norfolkcoast.co.uk on Burnham Norton.