Place:Booton, Norfolk, England

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NameBooton
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.7544°N 1.1253°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoSouth Erpingham Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
St. Faiths Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1935
St. Faiths and Aylsham Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1935-1974
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Booton is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England, just east of Reepham and seven miles west of Aylsham. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 100, including Brandiston and increasing to 196 at the 2011 Census.

The place-name 'Booton' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Botuna. The name means 'Bōta's town or settlement'.

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