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	Booton
District	Broadland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR10
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk 52.761°N 1.12544°E / 52.761; 1.12544

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

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. University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 6, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Booton
4. Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 6, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG1222/booton/
5. Smith, L. (2003). Retrieved November 6, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Booton.html

External links

• Booton postmill history

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