Morningthorpe

Morningthorpe

Coordinates: 52°30′14″N 1°17′45″E / 52.50389°N 1.2957°E / 52.50389; 1.2957

Morningthorpe
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St John the Baptist, Morningthorpe

Morningthorpe has a round tower rather larger than that at neighbouring Long Stratton: the tower appears to bulge out about halfway up, which, according to the article in Round Tower magazine September 2004, may be evidence of an octagonal tower built inside a round one. The article has photographs of repair work done to the tower in 1988 - one shows a corner of an "octagon" inner tower core, not bonded to the outside, while another suggests a bonded, and rounded, core. There are narrow openings in the tower with monolithic heads in worn pale stone, the openings filled with old-looking wooden boards pierced with vertical rows of round holes. Taylor & Taylor, Anglo-Saxon Architecture seek to assign this tower to the later Saxon period (or earlier Norman).

Morningthorpe is located in Norfolk
Morningthorpe

 Morningthorpe shown within Norfolk
Area  7.74 km2 (2.99 sq mi)
Population 253 
    - Density  33 /km2 (85 /sq mi)
OS grid reference TM 237 946
Parish Morningthorpe
District South Norfolk
Shire county Norfolk
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NORWICH
Postcode district NR15
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk
Morningthorpe St John the Baptist
Fritton St Catherine

Morningthorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the city of Norwich. Besides the village of Morningthorpe itself, the parish also includes the village of Fritton. The two villages are 1 km apart.[1]

The civil parish has an area of 7.74 square kilometres (2.99 sq mi) and in the 2001 census had a population of 253 in 94 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk.[2]

The churches of Morningthorpe St John the Baptist and Fritton St Catherine are two of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.

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