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 | |
|---|---|
 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 |
| Civil parish |
|
| 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.
gollark: Well, traditionally, the pH analogy is used for "based"/"cringe" (or "acidified", really).
gollark: Okay.
gollark: ```c/* A C program vulnerable to buffer overflows. */#include <stdio.h>#include <stdlib.h>#include <string.h>void function(char *str){ char buf[16]; /* The following statement has a buffer overflow problem */ strcpy(buf, str); printf("Buffer size: %d\n", (int)strlen(buf)); printf("Buffer content: %s\n", buf);}int main(int argc, char *argv[]){ if (argc < 2) { printf("Usage: %s <string>\n", argv[0]); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } function(argv[1]); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);}```
gollark: Get a hypertoaster.
gollark: Nobody sends *me* emails with ideas.
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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.