Barton Turf

Barton Turf

Barton Turf is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some 20 km north-east of the city of Norwich, on the northwestern edge of Barton Broad, the second largest broad of the Norfolk Broads within The Broads National Park. [Ordnance Survey (2005). "OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads". ISBN 0-319-23769-9.]

The civil parish, which includes the whole of Barton Broad and the smaller village of Irstead at its southern end, has an area of 10.86 km². In the 2001 census it had a population of 480 in 181 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk. [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.]

Barton Turf has given its name to a traditional Corn dolly which consists of two vertical baskets.

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* [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/b/barton_turf/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Barton Turf.


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