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Norton Subcourse is a small village and parish in the county of Norfolk, England, about 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Great Yarmouth. It covers an area of 2,233 acres (904 ha) and had a population of 303 in 115 households at the 2001 census,[2] reducing to a population of 298 in 119 households at the 2011 Census.

Norton Subcourse
St Mary's church
Norton Subcourse Location within Norfolk
Area	9.05 km2 (3.49 sq mi)
Population	298 (2011)[1]
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TM413985
Civil parish	Norton Subcourse
District	South Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR14
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk 52.53178°N 1.55655°E / 52.53178; 1.55655

The villages name means 'North farm/settlement'. The village was held by the Subcourse family, possibly a corruption of 'Surlecors'.

Its church, St Mary, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

Norton Subcourse is mentioned in the Domesday Book as one of the settlements in Clavering hundred.

Notes

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Norton%20Subcourse

External links

Media related to Norton Subcourse at Wikimedia Commons

• St Mary's on the European Round Tower Churches website

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