Witton, North Norfolk

Witton
Witton
	A view of Witton Church
	Witton Location within Norfolk
Area	9.77 km2 (3.77 sq mi)
Population	318 (2011)
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG340313
Civil parish	Witton;
District	North Norfolk;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORTH WALSHAM
Postcode district	NR28
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°49′42″N 1°28′19″E / 52.82838°N 1.47207°E

Witton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located 8 km (5.0 mi) east of the town of North Walsham and 30 km (19 mi) north of the city of Norwich. It should not be confused with the quite different Norfolk village of similar name in the parish of Postwick with Witton, some 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Norwich.^[2]

The villages name means 'wood farm/settlement'.^[3]

The civil parish (officially known as Witton) also includes the village of Ridlington and has an area of 9.77 km² (3.77 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 298 in 134 households, increasing to a population of 318 in 141 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.^[4]

The parish church of St. Margaret has a round tower,^[5] making it one of the many round-towered churches in Norfolk and Suffolk.

References

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
^ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East. ISBN 0-319-21888-0
^ "Key to English Place-names".
^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001) Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ "St Margaret, Witton (Witton by Walsham)". Norfolk Churches. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

External links

Map sources for Witton, North Norfolk.
Information from Genuki Norfolk on Witton.
St Margaret's on the European Round Tower Churches website

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[1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

[2] Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East. ISBN 0-319-21888-0

[3] "Key to English Place-names".

[4] Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001) Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine

[5] "St Margaret, Witton (Witton by Walsham)". Norfolk Churches. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

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