title: Booton, Norfolk
text: # Booton, Norfolk
  
  Booton is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England, just east of Reepham and seven miles west of Aylsham. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 100, including Brandiston and increasing to 196 at the 2011 Census.
  
  ## History
  
  Booton is a name of Anglo-Saxon origin meaning 'Bota's' farmstead.
  
  In the Domesday Book, Booton is recorded as having a population of 7 households. The town was owned by Tihel of Hellean.
  
  ## Notable natives/residents
  
  * Stephen Fry- Actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer.
  
  ## War Memorial
  
  Booton's War Memorial takes the form of a marble plaque in St. Michael the Archangel Church. It holds the following names for the First World War:
  
  * Corporal Robert J. Hall (1884-1915), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  * Private Stanley W. Davidson (1895-1915), 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment
  * Private Wilfred Stackwood (d.1916), Royal Norfolk Regiment
  * Private Albert S. Bacon (d.1916), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  * Private Sidney A. Davidson (d.1917), 3/4th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  * Rifleman William Coe (d.1917), 9th Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles, London Regiment
  * Rifleman Sidney Page (d.1917), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  * William Douglas
  * William Hall
  * John Long
  * William Roberts
  * Herbert Wells
  
  ## Landmarks
  
  * St Michael the Archangel's Church, Booton is a redundant Victorian church designed by its Rector, Whitwell Elwin.
  