Booton, Norfolk
Booton is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England, just east of Reepham and seven miles west of Aylsham. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 100, including Brandiston and increasing to 196 at the 2011 Census.
| Booton | |
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 The village sign, showing its distinctive church towers at left | |
  Booton Location within Norfolk | |
| Area | 4.37 km2 (1.69 sq mi) |
| Population | 100 (2001 census[1]) 196 (2011)[2] |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TG109228 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR10 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
The place-name 'Booton' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Botuna. The name means 'Bōta's town or settlement'.[3]
Notable natives/residents
- Booton was the childhood home of the actor and author Stephen Fry.
See also
- St Michael the Archangel's Church, Booton is a redundant Victorian church designed by its Rector, Whitwell Elwin.
Notes
- Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.53.
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