Pudding Norton

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.81957|0.845947|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = TF918284

| official_name = Pudding Norton

| population = 252

| area_total_km2 = 5.95

| shire_district = North Norfolk

| shire_county = Norfolk

| region = East of England

| civil_parish = Pudding Norton

| constituency_westminster =

| postcode_district = NR21

| postcode_area = NR

| post_town = FAKENHAM

| dial_code =

| london_distance =

|static_image = Pudding Norton Church - geograph.org.uk - 347862.jpg

|static_image_width = 240px

|static_image_caption= Remains of St. Margaret's Church, Pudding Norton

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Pudding Norton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of {{convert|2.30|mi2|abbr=on}} and (including Testerton) had a population of 267 in 126 households at the 2001 census,[http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls |date=2017-02-11 }} Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009. falling to 252 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127730&c=NR21+7AE&d=16&e=62&g=6449799&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1441276551703&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|access-date=3 September 2015}} For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

The village's name means "north farm/settlement". The origins of the affix "Pudding" are obscure.{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Pudding+Norton|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk|accessdate=22 May 2023}}

Pudding Norton civil parish contains the villages of Pudding Norton and Testerton, both of which became largely deserted by the post-medieval period. Pudding Norton village sits at the centre of the parish, and earthworks to the south and east show the previous medieval extent of the village.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Buildings

Only two buildings of architectural interest remain. The first, the church of Saint Margaret, retains just the walls of its west tower and part of the west end of the nave. It was constructed in flint and limestone, and is thought to date to the 12th and 13th centuries.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

The second is the Grade II Listed Pudding Norton Hall, a building initially built in the 17th century, reconstructed in the 18th and 19th centuries, and since developed into a farmhouse.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Of possible interest is an hexagonal pillbox (sometimes referred to as a blockhouse) and possible gun emplacement dating to the Second World War and situated just west of the village of Testerton.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Notes

References

Morris, J. (General Editor), (1984). Domesday Book, 33 Norfolk, Part I and Part II, Chichester: Phillimore & Co
Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. (1999). The Buildings of England. Norfolk 2: North-West and South, London: Penguin Books.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930230136/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10201974 A Vision of Britain Through Time: Pudding Norton CP] by H. Southall, retrieved 7 December 2006
[http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/p/pudding_norton/ UK & Ireland Genealogy page on Pudding Norton] by Pat Newby, retrieved 8 December 2006
[http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/puddingnorton/puddingnorton.htm Norfolk Churches: St Margaret, Pudding Norton] by Simon Knott, retrieved 8 December 2006

External links

Category:Villages in Norfolk

Category:Civil parishes in Norfolk

Category:North Norfolk