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Briston

Briston is a village, civil parish, and electoral ward in the English county of Norfolk. It is south-west of Holt and north-west of Norwich.

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Place details

Locality: North Norfolk
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 3,057

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Key facts

UK place.official_name: Briston
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.shire_district: North Norfolk
UK place.shire_county: Norfolk
UK place.civil_parish: Briston CP
UK place.static_image: Briston Village sign, Norfolk.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Briston Village Sign
UK place.population: 2,548
UK place.population_ref: (parish, 2021 census)
UK place.area_total_km2: 11.96
UK place.os_grid_reference: TG060320
UK place.post_town

Wikidata facts

Instance of: civil parish
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: North Norfolk
Population: +2439
Area: +11.96
Image: All Saints' Church Briston, Norfolk.JPG

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Briston is a village, civil parish, and electoral ward in the English county of Norfolk. It is south-west of Holt and north-west of Norwich.

==History== In the Domesday Book, Briston is recorded as consisting of 22 households. The principal landowners were William the Conqueror and William de Warenne, who owned of land from which had been previously the property of Toke, a Saxon Thegn who had been evicted after the defeat of the Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings. This land was farmed by three Free Men or and a further was farmed by fourteen bordars. There was woodland for 20 pigs which was valued at 16 shillings.