Thurton, Norfolk
Thurton is a village in South Norfolk lying 8½ miles (13½ km) south-east of Norwich between Framingham Pigot and Loddon. Thurton is written 'Tortuna' in the Domesday Book. The suffix is the Anglo-Saxon 'tun', meaning an enclosed space. The prefix may refer to a thorn bush, or perhaps to the Anglo-Saxon god Thunor, whom the Normans called Thur. So Thurton may mean 'the place of the thorn bush' or 'Thor's enclosure'.
The village sign was cast at a foundry in the village and replaced the previous sign that stood for 40 years. The sign depicts an image of St. Ethelbert taken from a stained glass window in the village's parish church of St. Ethelbert.
Thurton, Norfolk
Thurton is a village in South Norfolk lying 8½ miles (13½ km) south-east of Norwich between Framingham Pigot and Loddon. Thurton is written 'Tortuna' in the Domesday Book. The suffix is the Anglo-Saxon 'tun', meaning an enclosed space. The prefix may refer to a thorn bush, or perhaps to the Anglo-Saxon god Thunor, whom the Normans called Thur. So Thurton may mean 'the place of the thorn bush' or 'Thor's enclosure'.
The village sign was cast at a foundry in the village and replaced the previous sign that stood for 40 years. The sign depicts an image of St. Ethelbert taken from a stained glass window in the village's parish church of St. Ethelbert.