Woodton | |
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All Saints church | |
Location within Norfolk | |
Area | 8.85 km2 (3.42 sq mi) |
Population | 702 (2018)[1] |
• Density | 79/km2 (200/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TM292939 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BUNGAY |
Postcode district | NR35 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
Woodton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 7 km north-west of the Suffolk town of Bungay, and 20 km south-east of Norwich.[2]
The civil parish has an area of 8.85 km2 (3.42 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 472 in 194 households, increasing to 482 at the 2011 Census.[3] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.[4]
The village's name indicates a settlement in the woods (wudu, ‘woods’ + tun ‘enclosure, settlement, farm’).[5] Over the years different variants of the name have been used, including Wdetuna, Wodetuna, Wodetone, Wudetuna, Uidetuna and Wootton. A number of Bronze Age ring ditches dating from between the 23rd century BC and the 7th century BC have been identified in the area.[6]
In 1575 Robert Suckling became Lord of the whole of Woodton, and various members of the Suckling family lived in the parish, including John Suckling (poet)[citation needed] and Catherine Suckling (the mother of Horatio Nelson). The Sucklings were lord of the manor until 1810. The Woodton sanctuary has a portrait of Nelson's great-great-grandmother: Ann Suckling (d. 1653) is "beautifully and sensitively sculpted".[8]
Wootton Hall was built in 1694[citation needed] and in 1862 was listed as the seat of Robert Suckling and his wife Sarah Shelton;[9] it was demolished in 1841–2.[5]
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