Witton, North Norfolk
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Witton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located Template:Convert east of the town of North Walsham and Template:Convert 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 Template:Convert east of Norwich.[1]
The villages name means 'wood farm/settlement'.[2]
The civil parish (officially known as Witton) also includes the village of Ridlington and has an area of Template:Convert 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.[3]
The parish church of St. Margaret has a round tower,[4] making it one of the many round-towered churches in Norfolk and Suffolk.
References
External links
- Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates". for Witton, North Norfolk.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Witton.
- St Margaret's on the European Round Tower Churches website
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- ↑ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East. Template:ISBN
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- ↑ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001) Template:Webarchive
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