Witton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located east of the town of North Walsham and north of the city of Norwich. It should not be confused with the quite different Norfolk village of similar name in the parish of Postwick with Witton, some east of Norwich. The villages name means 'wood farm/settlement'. The civil parish (officially known as Witton) also includes the village of Ridlington and has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 298 in 134 households, increasing to a population of 318 in 141 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk. The parish church has a round tower, making it one of the many round-towered churches in Norfolk and Suffolk. References External links . Information from Genuki Norfolk on Witton. St Margaret's on the European Round Tower Churches website Villages in Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk North Norfolk