Burnham Norton
| Burnham Norton | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St Margaret's Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF829438 |
| Location: | 52°57’36"N, 0°43’19"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 173 (2011) |
| Post town: | King's Lynn |
| Postcode: | PE31 |
| Dialling code: | 01328 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | King's Lynn and West Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North West Norfolk |
Burnham Norton is a village in the very north of Norfolk, 19 miles north-east of King's Lynn and 34 miles north-west of Norwich.
The village is located close to the coast, and overlooks the tidal Norton Marshes and Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve, both of which fall within the parish. The River Burn runs through the parish and the A149 road between King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth runs close to the village. At the 2011 Census the parish had a recorded population of 173.
This is one of the Norfolk Burnhams: a cluster of villages bearing the 'Burnham' name by this part of the county's north coast.
History
The village name is of Anglo-Saxon origin,[1] referring to its position on the River Burn. In the Domesday Book it is listed in the same entry as Burnham Sutton, Burnham Ulph and Burnham Westgate as a settlement of 69 households in the Brothercross Hundred. The villages were divided between the estates of Roger Bigod, Ramsey Abbey and Hugh de Montfort.[2]
Burnham Norton Friary was built in the parish in 1241 and was the first Carmelite monastery in England. The Friary was abandoned in the Dissolution of the Monasteries and is now a ruin.
St Margaret's Church
Burnham Norton's parish church, St Margaret's, is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining round-tower churches. The church is located in the far south of the parish close to the boundary with Burnham Market and the remains of the Friary. The building is Grade I listed.[3] The church was partly restored in the 19th century and has an elaborate painted pulpit depicting various saints. Also within the church are stained-glass windows depicting St Margaret of Antioch and St Margaret of Scotland designed by Trena Cox and a set of royal arms from the reign of King William III.[4]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Burnham Norton) |
- St Margaret's: European Round Tower Churches
References
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Burnham%20Norton.
- ↑ [Norton, Sutton, Ulph and Westgate Burnham Norton in the Domesday Book
- ↑ National Heritage List 1238877: Church Of St Margaret (Grade I listing)
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/burnhamnorton/burnhamnorton.htm.
| The Norfolk Burnhams |
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Burnham Deepdale • Burnham Norton • Burnham Overy • Burnham Sutton • Burnham Thorpe • Burnham Ulph • Burnham Westgate |