Somerton, Norfolk
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Somerton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It comprises the twin villages of East Somerton and West Somerton and is situated some Script error: No such module "convert". north of the town of Great Yarmouth, Script error: No such module "convert". north-east of the city of Norwich, and Script error: No such module "convert". from the sea.[1]
The civil parish has an area of Script error: No such module "convert"., and in the 2001 census had a population of 257 in 93 households, the population increasing to 289 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.[2]
The church of West Somerton St Mary is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.
Notable residents
In the churchyard is the grave of Robert Hales, the Norfolk Giant. He was born in the village in 1820 as one of nine children. Eventually reaching Script error: No such module "convert". and over Script error: No such module "convert"., he worked in the circus world, met Queen Victoria, and retired to a pub in London. As his health worsened he returned to Norfolk, where he died in 1863.[3]
Notes
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- ↑ Ordnance Survey (2005). OS Explorer Map OL40 – The Broads. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
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External links
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- St Mary's on the European Round Tower Churches website