Morston
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Morston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 86 in 42 households at the 2001 census. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and was included in the civil parish of Blakeney. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.
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Place details
- Locality
- North Norfolk
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TG008438
- UK place.official_name
- Morston
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 8.68
- UK place.static_image_name
- Morston2.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The quay at Morston
- UK place.shire_district
- North Norfolk
- UK place.shire_county
- Norfolk
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Morston
- UK place.postcode_district
- NR25
- UK place.postcode_area
- NR
- UK place.post_town
- HOLT
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Contemporary Morston
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Morston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 86 in 42 households at the 2001 census. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and was included in the civil parish of Blakeney. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.
Like its neighbour Blakeney, Morston, used to be a major port 400 years ago, but is now only used by a small number of fishing boats, leisure craft and the regular seal watching trips which leave for Blakeney Point.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Morston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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