Tuttington is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

, now in the parish of Burgh and Tuttington, in the

Broadland Broadland is a local government district in Norfolk, England, named after the Norfolk Broads. Its council is based at the Broadland Business Park on the outskirts of Norwich. The district includes the towns of Acle, Aylsham, Reepham, Spro ...

district, in the county of

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, England. The village is 11.1 miles south of

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, 15 miles north of

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and 129 miles north-east of

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. The village lies 3 miles east of the nearby town of

Aylsham Aylsham ( or ) is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, nearly north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea ...

. The village’s name probably means 'farm/settlement connected with Tutta' or perhaps, 'farm/settlement of Tutta's people'. The nearest railway station is at North Walsham for the Bittern Line which runs between

Sheringham Sheringham (; population 7,367) is a seaside town and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban District ...

, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. Its church, St Peter and St Paul, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in

. Opposite the church, there is a Dutch gabled building that used to be the village shop and post office, which closed in May 1987. Next door to that there used to be a pub called ''The Ship''. It has been suggested that as the village is several miles from the sea or any navigable waterways, this name could be a corruption of ''The Sheep'', as the pub may have been a welcome watering hole for drovers.

Civil parish

On 1 April 1935 the parish of

Burgh A burgh ( ) is an Autonomy, autonomous municipal corporation in Scotland, usually a city, town, or toun in Scots language, Scots. This type of administrative division existed from the 12th century, when David I of Scotland, King David I created ...

was merged with Tuttington, on 21 April 1980 the parish was renamed "Burgh & Tuttington". In 1931 the parish of Tuttington (prior to the merge) had a population of 152.

References

External links

St Peter and St Paul's on the European Round Tower Churches website
Villages in Norfolk Former civil parishes in Norfolk Broadland {{Norfolk-geo-stub