Morton on the Hill is a small but scattered village and
civil parish
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in the
English county of
Norfolk
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, about north-west of
Norwich
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. The parish covers an area of and had a population of 85 in 34 households at the
2001 census.
Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes
. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district
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of Broadland
Broadland is a local government district in Norfolk, England, named after the Norfolk Broads. The population of the local authority district taken at the 2011 Census was 124,646. Its council is based in Thorpe St Andrew.
In 2013, Broadland w ...
.
The village's name means 'Moor farm/settlement'.
Its church, St Margaret, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. The round tower is partly in ruins.
Notes
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Morton%20on%20the%20Hill
External links
St Margaret's on the European Round Tower Churches website
Broadland
Villages in Norfolk
Civil parishes in Norfolk
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