Thurton

Also known as Thurton, Norfolk

Thurton is a village in South Norfolk lying 8½ miles (13½ km) south-east of Norwich on the A146 Norwich to Lowestoft road between Framingham Pigot and Loddon. The A146 effectively divides the village in two; a 40 mph limit is in force. At the 2001 census and the 2011 Census Thurton had 223 households and a population of 567.

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Place details

Locality: South Norfolk
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 883
Timezone: Europe/London

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UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Thurton
UK place.os_grid_reference: TG327010
UK place.population: 567
UK place.population_ref: (2011)
UK place.area_total_km2: 3.18
UK place.shire_district: South Norfolk
UK place.shire_county: Norfolk
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.post_town: NORWICH
UK place.postcode_district: NR14
UK place.postcode_area: NR
UK place.dial_code: 01508
UK place.static_image: St Ethelbert, Thurton, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 1281043.jpg
UK place.static_image_width: 240px
UK place.static_image_caption: St Ethelbert, Thurton

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Population: 567
Area: 3.18
Image: St Ethelbert, Thurton, Norfolk - geograph.org.uk - 1281043.jpg
Dialing code: 01508

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Commons category: Thurton
postal code: NR14
OS grid reference: TG327010
P8168: chasuble

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Thurton is written 'Tortuna' in the Domesday Book. The suffix is the Anglo-Saxon 'tun', meaning an enclosed space. The prefix may refer to a thorn bush, or perhaps to the Anglo-Saxon god Thunor, whom the Normans called Thur. So Thurton may mean 'the place of the thorn bush' or 'Thor's enclosure'.