Wood Norton, Norfolk Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.8111°N 0.9839°W
Os Grid Reference:TG012279
Official Name:Wood Norton
Population:217
Population Ref:(2011)
Area Total Km2:6.99
Region:East of England
Civil Parish:Wood Norton
Postcode District:NR20
Postcode Area:NR
Post Town:DEREHAM
Static Image Name:Wood Norton Church - geograph.org.uk - 70009.jpg
Static Image Caption:All Saints, Wood Norton

Wood Norton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located 10km (10miles) east of Fakenham and 30km (20miles) north-west of Norwich.[1] [2]

The village's name means "North farm/settlement". "Wood" distinguishes it from Pudding Norton.[3]

The civil parish has an area of 6.99km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 221 in 94 households, reducing slightly to 217 at the 2011 Census.[4] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.[5] For Westminster elections to the House of Commons, Wood Norton lies within the Broadland constituency.

People

The original Blue Stocking, Benjamin Stillingfleet was born here where his father Edward Stillingfleet was rector.[6]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 238 - East Dereham & Aylsham. .
  2. Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 251 - Norfolk Coast Central. .
  3. Web site: Key to English Place-names.
  4. Web site: Parish population 2011. 25 August 2015.
  5. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes . Retrieved 2 December 2005.
  6. I. D. Hughes, ‘Stillingfleet, Benjamin (1702–1771)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2008 accessed 26 Feb 2010