Booton, Norfolk

Booton

The village sign
Booton
Booton shown 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
  • Booton
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NORWICH
Postcode district NR10
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England

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.

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.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.53.

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