Morton on the Hill

Human settlement in England
  • Morton on the Hill
District
  • Broadland
Shire county
  • Norfolk
Region
  • East
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52°42′37″N 1°08′22″E / 52.71026°N 1.13934°E / 52.71026; 1.13934

Morton on the Hill is a small but scattered village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Norwich. The parish covers an area of 4.09 km2 (1.58 sq mi) and had a population of 85 in 34 households at the 2001 census.[1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland.

The village's name means 'Moor farm/settlement'.

Its church, St Margaret, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. The round tower is partly in ruins.

Notes

  1. ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Morton%20on%20the%20Hill

Media related to Morton on the Hill at Wikimedia Commons

  • St Margaret's on the European Round Tower Churches website
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See also
Breckland
Great Yarmouth
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
North Norfolk
South Norfolk


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