Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.5318°N 1.5566°W |
Os Grid Reference: | TM413985 |
Official Name: | Norton Subcourse |
Population: | 298 |
Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
Area Total Km2: | 9.05 |
Region: | East of England |
Civil Parish: | Norton Subcourse |
Postcode District: | NR14 |
Postcode Area: | NR |
Post Town: | NORWICH |
Static Image Name: | Norton Subcourse-g3.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Mary's church |
Norton Subcourse is a small village and parish in the county of Norfolk, England, about 9miles south-west of Great Yarmouth. It covers an area of 2233acres and had a population of 303 in 115 households at the 2001 census,[2] reducing to a population of 298 in 119 households at the 2011 Census.
The villages name means 'North farm/settlement'. The village was held by the Subcourse family, possibly a corruption of 'Surlecors'.
Its church, St Mary, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.
Norton Subcourse is mentioned in the Domesday Book as one of the settlements in Clavering hundred.
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