Booton, Norfolk

Human settlement in England

Booton

District

Broadland

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNORWICHPostcode districtNR10PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°45′40″N 1°07′32″E / 52.761°N 1.12544°E / 52.761; 1.12544

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