Tottington, Norfolk

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tottington
Tottington shown within Norfolk
Population	0 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	TL895955
District	Breckland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	South West Norfolk
List of places: UK • England • Norfolk

Coordinates: 52°31′28″N 0°47′31″E / 52.52441, 0.79189

Tottington is a deserted village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 10 km north of the town of Thetford and 40 km south-west of the city of Norwich.^[1]

The village became deserted when it was taken over by the British Army during the Second World War as part of the Stanford Battle Area, an infantry training area that is still in use today. The village and the parish are within a prohibited area and access is not allowed without special permission from the Army.^[2]

The civil parish has an area of 13.12 km² and in the 2001 census had no inhabitants. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland.^[3]

[edit] Place-name meaning

Tottington means "hill of a man called Totta", from the Old English personal name Totta (genitive -n) + dun "hill". A record of the name as Tutindone in 1165 backs up this evidence. The -ington of the place-name is misleading; similar with Islington.

[edit] References

• ^  Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 229 - Thetford in the Brecks. ISBN 0-319-21861-9.
• ^  Rootsweb.com (1998-2006). Ghost Towns/Deserted Villages of Great Britain. Retrieved February 17, 2006.
• ^  Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.

[edit] External links

• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Tottington.
• Information from NorfolkChurches.co.uk on the Stanford Battle Area and its deserted villages and churches.