BURNHAM NORTON

'Burnham Norton' is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Burnham Norton is one of the Burnhams, a group of adjacent villages in North Norfolk. It is situated, on the A149, some 2 km north of the larger village of Burnham Market, 10 km west of the small town of Wells-next-the-sea, 35 km north-east of the larger town of King's Lynn, and 60 km north-west of the city of Norwich.^[1]
The civil parish has an area of 14.27 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 76 in 37 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.^[2]
The village is located close to the coast, and overlooks the tidal Norton Marshes and Scolt Head Island NNR.
The church of 'Burnham Norton St Margaret' is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

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1. Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 251 - Norfolk Coast Central''. ISBN 0-319-21887-2.
2. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). ''Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes''. Retrieved December 2, 2005.

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★ Information from Genuki Norfolk on Burnham Norton.

★ Norfolkcoast.co.uk on Burnham Norton.

★ Website with photos of Burnham Norton St. Margaret, a Round-tower church