Place:West Somerton, Norfolk, England

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NameWest Somerton
Alt namesSomertonsource: parish name after 1935
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.702°N 1.677°E
Located inNorfolk, England
See alsoWest Flegg Hundred, Norfolk, Englandhundred in which it was located
East and West Flegg Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1894-1935
Blofield and Flegg Rural, Norfolk, Englandrural district 1935-1974
Great Yarmouth District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974

West Somerton was an ancient and civil parish in the West Flegg Hundred and from 1894 until 1935 in the East and West Flegg Rural District.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of West Somerton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"SOMERTON (West), a parish in Flegg [registration] district, Norfolk; 8¾ miles NW by N of Yarmouth [railway] station. It has a post-office under Yarmouth. Acres: 1,189. Real property: £2,252. Population: 244. Houses: 59. The manor belongs to T. F. Grove, Esq. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Norwich. Value: £98. Patron: T. F. Grove, Esq. The church is thatched; and has a round tower, with octangular lantern."

In 1935 the civil parishes of West Somerton and its neigbour East Somerton joined to form the civil parish of Somerton.

the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Somerton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It comprises the twin villages of East Somerton and West Somerton and is situated some 14 km (8.7 mi) north of the town of Great Yarmouth, 35 km (22 mi) northeast of the city of Norwich, and 2 km (1.2 mi) from the North Sea.

The civil parish has an area of 8.25 km2 (3.19 sq mi) and in the 2001 UK census had a population of 257 in 93 households, the population increasing to 289 at the 2011 UK census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the District of Great Yarmouth.

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