Morning Thorpe

Morningthorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 20 km 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.ref|osexp1

The civil parish has an area of 7.74 km² 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.ref|osnncc

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

References

* Ordnance Survey (1999). "OS Explorer Map 237 - Norwich". ISBN 0-319-21868-6.
* Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). " [http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes] ". Retrieved December 2, 2005.

External links

*oscoor|TM218925_region:GB_scale:100000|Map sources for Morningthorpe village
*oscoor|TM225927_region:GB_scale:100000|Map sources for Fritton village
* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/m/morningthorpe/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Morningthorpe.
* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/f/fritton/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Fritton.
* [http://www.roundtowerchurches.de/Karte/D5/Morningthorpe_St_John_the_Bapt/morningthorpe_st_john_the_bapt.html Website with photos of Morningthorpe St John the Baptist] ,
* [http://www.roundtowerchurches.de/Karte/D5/Fritton_St_Catherine/fritton_st_catherine.html and Fritton St Catherine] , two round tower churches