Pudding Norton
| Pudding Norton | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 Remains of St. Margaret's Church, Pudding Norton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF918284 |
| Location: | 52°49’10"N, 0°50’45"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 252 |
| Post town: | Fakenham |
| Postcode: | NR21 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Norfolk |
Pudding Norton is a village in Norfolk. The parish (including Testerton) had a recorded population of 252 at the 2011 Census.
The village's name means "north farm/settlement". The origins of the affix "Pudding" are obscure.[1]
Pudding Norton civil parish contains the villages of Pudding Norton and Testerton, both of which became largely deserted after the Middle Ages. Pudding Norton village sits at the centre of the parish, and earthworks to the south and east show the previous mediæval extent of the village.
Buildings
Only two buildings of architectural interest remain. The first, the Church of St Margaret, retains just the walls of its west tower and part of the west end of the nave. It was built in flint and limestone, and is thought to date to the 12th and 13th centuries.
The second is the Grade II Listed Pudding Norton Hall, a building initially built in the 17th century, reconstructed in the 18th and 19th centuries, and since developed into a farmhouse.
Of possible interest is an hexagonal pillbox (sometimes referred to as a blockhouse) and possible gun emplacement dating to the Second World War and situated just west of Testerton.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Pudding Norton) |
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- Morris, J. (General Editor), (1984). Domesday Book, 33 Norfolk, Part I and Part II, Chichester: Phillimore & Co
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Norfolk 2: South & West, 1962; 1999 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09657-6
- Information on Pudding Norton from GENUKI
- Norfolk Churches: St Margaret, Pudding Norton by Simon Knott