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Burnham Norton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Burnham Norton is one of the Burnhams, a group of adjacent villages in north Norfolk. It is situated, on the A149, some 2 km north of the larger village of Burnham Market, 10 km west of the small town of Wells-next-the-sea, 35 km northeast of the larger town of King's Lynn, and 60 km northwest of the city of Norwich.〔Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 251 - Norfolk Coast Central''. ISBN 0-319-21887-2.〕 The civil parish has an area of 14.27 km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 76 in 37 households, the population increasing to 173 at the 2011 Census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parish population 2015 )〕 For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.〔Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). ''(Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes )''. Retrieved December 2, 2005.〕 The village is located close to the coast, and overlooks the tidal Norton Marshes and Scolt Head Island NNR. ==Church of St Margaret== The church of Burnham Norton St Margaret is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk, and is a Grade I listed building.〔Moore, C.N. St Margaret's Church, Burnham Norton, with notes on its Rectors, the Carmelite Friary and Norton village, Seeley, Wells n.d. but 1978.〕 David Jamieson VC is buried in the churchyard, as is Diana, Princess of Wales's great aunt, Lady Margaret Douglas-Home. Richard Woodget, the master of the ''Cutty Sark'' is also buried here. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burnham Norton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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