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Morton_on_the_Hill Latitude and Longitude:

52°42′37″N 1°08′22″E / 52.71026°N 1.13934°E / 52.71026; 1.13934
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Morton on the Hill
St Margaret's church
Morton on the Hill is located in Norfolk
Morton on the Hill
Morton on the Hill
Location within Norfolk
Area4.09 km2 (1.58 sq mi)
Population85 
•  Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
OS grid reference TG121171
Civil parish
  • Morton on the Hill
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode district NR9
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°42′37″N 1°08′22″E / 52.71026°N 1.13934°E / 52.71026; 1.13934

Morton on the Hill is a small but scattered village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Norwich. The parish covers an area of 4.09 km2 (1.58 sq mi) and had a population of 85 in 34 households at the 2001 census. [1] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Broadland.

The village's name means 'Moor farm/settlement'.

Its church, St Margaret, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. The round tower is partly in ruins.

Notes

  1. ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Morton%20on%20the%20Hill

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