Booton, Norfolk
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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.
History
Booton is a name of Anglo-Saxon origin meaning 'Bota's' farmstead.[3]
In the Domesday Book of 1086, Booton is recorded as having a population of 7 households. The town was owned by Tihel of Hellean.[4]
Notable natives/residents
- Stephen Fry – Actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer, grew up in the village.
War memorial
Booton's War Memorial takes the form of a marble plaque in St. Michael the Archangel Church. It holds the following names for the First World War:
- Corporal Robert J. Hall (1884–1915), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private Stanley W. Davidson (1895–1915), 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment
- Private Wilfred Stackwood (d.1916), Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private Albert S. Bacon (d.1916), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private Sidney A. Davidson (d.1917), 3/4th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
- Rifleman William Coe (d.1917), 9th Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles, London Regiment
- Rifleman Sidney Page (d.1917), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- William Douglas
- William Hall
- John Long
- William Roberts
- Herbert Wells[5]
Landmarks
- 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.
- ^ University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 6, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Booton
- ^ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 6, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG1222/booton/
- ^ Smith, L. (2003). Retrieved November 6, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Booton.html
External links
- Booton postmill history
Media related to Booton, Norfolk at Wikimedia Commons
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