Witton, Norfolk

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Witton
Norfolk

Farmyard in Witton
Location
Grid reference: TG313097
Location: 52°38’9"N, 1°25’2"E
Data
Population: 404  (2011)
Post town: Norwich
Postcode: NR13
Dialling code: 01603
Local Government
Council: Broadland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Broadland and Fakenham

Witton is a tiny village in Norfolk, amongst the Norfolk Broads, five miles east of Norwich. It is a little north-.west of Brundall, on the River Yare.

Just under two miles to the south-west is Postwick, with which Witton shares a civil parishThe 2011 census record this parish's population as 404, in 162 households.

The name "Witton" means "Wood farm/settlement".

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References

  • Witton: Key to English Place-Names
  • Carter, Anne (1991). Postwick: The Story of a Norfolk Village. ISBN 1-873495-00-5.