Morning Thorpe

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Morning Thorpe or 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.

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.

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). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.

External links

• for Morningthorpe village
• for Fritton village
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Morningthorpe.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Fritton.
• Website with photos of Morningthorpe St John the Baptist,
• and Fritton St Catherine, two round tower churches

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