Coordinates: 52°22′30″N 0°57′28″E / 52.375018°N 0.957870°E
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 Blo' Norton shown within Norfolk |
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| Area | 4.62 km2 (1.78 sq mi) |
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| Population | 270 (2001 census[1]) |
| - Density | 58 /km2 (150 /sq mi) |
| Parish | Blo' Norton |
| District | Breckland |
| Shire county | Norfolk |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DISS |
| Postcode district | IP22 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| Website: http://www.blo-norton-pc.gov.uk/ | |
| List of places: UK • England • Norfolk | |
Blo' Norton is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, on the River Little Ouse, not far from Diss. The parish had a population of 270 in approximately 100 households, according to the 2001 census.
Features of Blo' Norton include some attractive fen land and the village church. The unusual name of the village has earned it a reference in the Bill Bryson book Notes From A Small Island and a brief mention on the Channel 4 TV show So Graham Norton. The name reputedly derives from ‘Blae’, old Saxon/Viking meaning both ‘cold’ and ‘blue’. The ‘blue’ could refer to the woad plant that grows in wetter areas and is a source of traditional blue dye. ‘Norton’ is a settlement on the north side of the river.
There is evidence of people living in the area from Saxon times, and perhaps from the Romano-British period. Aerial photographs show outlines of buildings and tracks that are possibly from the Romano-British period, near to Blo' Norton Hall.
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Blo' Norton Hall
Blo' Norton Hall is an impressive moated Elizabethan manor, situated at the end of a long avenue of lime trees immediately before Blo' Norton Church. In the summer of 1906 Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) came to stay at Blo' Norton Hall. This visit inspired her short story, The Journal of Miss Joan Martyn.
Prince Frederick Duleep Singh
Prince "Freddy" Frederick Duleep Singh (1868 - 1926) lived at Blo' Norton Hall for the last 20 years of his life and is buried in the churchyard of St Andrew's church. For this reason, Blo' Norton is part of the Anglo-Sikh Heritage trail.
Prince Freddy designed the village war memorial situated in front of the church.
Frogstock festival
The village is also the location of the Frogstock festival, which was established in 1995 as a local music festival in answer to the perceived over-commercialisation of festivals such as Glastonbury.
Notes
- ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
See also
External links
- Blo' Norton Parish Council
- The Frogstock festival
- Little Ouse Headwaters Project
- Virginia Woolf at Blo' Norton Hall
- Anglo-Sikh Heritage Trail
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