Pudding Norton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 2.30 sq mi (6.0 km2) and (including Testerton) had a population of 267 in 126 households at the 2001 census,[1] falling to 252 at the 2011 Census.[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.[citation needed]

Pudding Norton
Remains of St. Margaret's Church, Pudding Norton
Pudding Norton is located in Norfolk
Pudding Norton
Pudding Norton
Location within Norfolk
Area5.95 km2 (2.30 sq mi)
Population252 
• Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTF918284
Civil parish
  • Pudding Norton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFAKENHAM
Postcode districtNR21
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°49′10″N 0°50′45″E / 52.81957°N 0.845947°E / 52.81957; 0.845947

The village's name means "north farm/settlement". The origins of the affix "Pudding" are obscure.[3]

Pudding Norton civil parish contains the villages of Pudding Norton and Testerton, both of which became largely deserted by the post-medieval period. Pudding Norton village sits at the centre of the parish, and earthworks to the south and east show the previous medieval extent of the village.[citation needed]

Buildings

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Only two buildings of architectural interest remain. The first, the church of Saint Margaret, retains just the walls of its west tower and part of the west end of the nave. It was constructed in flint and limestone, and is thought to date to the 12th and 13th centuries.[citation needed]

The second is the Grade II Listed Pudding Norton Hall, a building initially built in the 17th century, reconstructed in the 18th and 19th centuries, and since developed into a farmhouse.[citation needed]

Of possible interest is an hexagonal pillbox (sometimes referred to as a blockhouse) and possible gun emplacement dating to the Second World War and situated just west of the village of Testerton.[citation needed]

Notes

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  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.
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

References

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  Media related to Pudding Norton at Wikimedia Commons