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Norton Subcourse

Coordinates: 52°31′54″N 1°33′24″E / 52.53178°N 1.55655°E / 52.53178; 1.55655
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Norton Subcourse
St Mary's church
Norton Subcourse is located in Norfolk
Norton Subcourse
Norton Subcourse
Location within Norfolk
Area9.05 km2 (3.49 sq mi)
Population298 (2011)[1]
• Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM413985
Civil parish
  • Norton Subcourse
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR14
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
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Norfolk
52°31′54″N 1°33′24″E / 52.53178°N 1.55655°E / 52.53178; 1.55655

Norton Subcourse is a small village and parish in the county of Norfolk, England, about 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Great Yarmouth. It covers an area of 2,233 acres (904 ha) and had a population of 303 in 115 households at the 2001 census,[2] reducing to a population of 298 in 119 households at the 2011 Census.

The villages name means 'North farm/settlement'. The village was held by the Subcourse family, possibly a corruption of 'Surlecors'.

Its church, St Mary, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

Norton Subcourse is mentioned in the Domesday Book as one of the settlements in Clavering hundred.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Norton Subcourse parish information". South Norfolk Council. 6 July 2006. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

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