Burnham Norton
Burnham Norton St. Margaret
Burnham Norton Location within Norfolk
Area	14.27 km2 (5.51 sq mi)
Population	173 (2011)
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TF829438
Civil parish	Burnham Norton
District	King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KING'S LYNN
Postcode district	PE31
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°57′37″N 0°43′18″E / 52.96037°N 0.72162°E / 52.96037; 0.72162

Burnham Norton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, one of the Burnhams, an adjacent group in the northernmost part of Norfolk, on the A149 some 2 km north of the larger village of Burnham Market, 35 km north-east of King's Lynn and 60 km north-west of Norwich.^[1] "Burnham" means "Homestead/village on the River Burn" or perhaps, "hemmed-in land on the River Burn". "Norton", meaning "North farm/settlement", distinguishes it from the other Norfolk Burnhams.^[2]

Inhabitants

The civil parish has an area of 14.27 km.² In the 2001 census it had a population of 76 in 37 households.^[3] The 2011 census population of 173 was estimated at 156 in 2019.^[4]

For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.^[5]

The village is located close to the coast, and overlooks the tidal Norton Marshes and Scolt Head Island NNR.

Church of St Margaret

The church of Burnham Norton St Margaret is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk, and is a Grade I listed building.^[6]

David Jamieson VC is buried in the churchyard, as are Lady Margaret Douglas-Home, who was a great aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Richard Woodget, master of the Cutty Sark.