Norton Subcourse

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Norton Subcourse
Norfolk

St Mary's Church, Norfolk
Location
Grid reference: TM413985
Location: 52°31’54"N, 1°33’24"E
Data
Population: 298  (2011)
Post town: Norwich
Postcode: NR14
Dialling code: 01508
Local Government
Council: South Norfolk

Norton Subcourse is a small village in Norfolk, about nine miles south-west of Great Yarmouth.

The 2011 census recorded a population of 298 in 119 households.

The name of the village means 'North farm/settlement'. The village was held by the Subcourse family, possibly a corruption of 'Surlecors'.

The village church, St Mary, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

Norton Subcourse is mentioned in the Domesday Book as one of the settlements in Clavering Hundred.

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