Wood Norton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located east of Fakenham and north-west of Norwich. The villages name means 'North farm/settlement'. 'Wood' to distinguish from Pudding Norton. The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 221 in 94 households, reducing slightly to 217 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk. For Westminster elections to the House of Commons, Wood Norton lies within the Broadland constituency. People The original Blue Stocking, Benjamin Stillingfleet was born here where his father Edward Stillingfleet was rector. Notes External links . Information from Genuki Norfolk on Wood Norton. NorfolkCoast.co.uk on Wood Norton. Villages in Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk North Norfolk