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Norton
Norton may refer to: Places Norton, meaning 'north settlement' in Old English, is a common place name. Places named Norton include: Canada * Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan * Norton Parish, New Brunswick ** Norton, New Brunswick, a village United Kingdom England * Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, a district * Norton, South Hams, a location in Devon * Norton, Torridge, a location in Devon *Norton, County Durham, an area of Stockton-on-Tees * Norton, East Sussex, a location * Norton, Gloucestershire, a civil parish * Norton, Hampshire, a hamlet near Sutton Scotney * Norton, Herefordshire, a civil parish near Bromyard *Norton, Hertfordshire, a village * Norton, Isle of Wight, a location * Norton, Kent *Norton, Northamptonshire, a village *Norton, Nottinghamshire, a village * Norton, Culmington, a location in Shropshire * Norton, Stockton, Shropshire, a location in Shropshire * Norton, Wroxeter and Uppington, a location in Shropshire * Norton, Somerset, a location *Norton, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton, Herefordshire
Norton is a civil parish in north-east Herefordshire, England, and is approximately north-east from the city and county town of Hereford. The closest town is Bromyard, conjoined to the parish at the south-west. The parish includes the elevated public open common land of Bromyard Downs. History Norton derives from 'north farmstead, or village... i.e. a homestead or village to the north of another settlement', from the Old English ''north'' with ''tūn''. During the 19th century, today's Norton was administratively a joint township with Brockhampton as 'Norton with Brockhampton', under Bromyard, which included in 1856 at the north-east of the parish, Saltmarshe Castle, the residence of Edmund Higginson (1802-71), who had changed his name from his Barneby birth surname, was High Sheriff of Herefordshire and an art collector, and whose estate also included parts of Tedstone Delamere and Edvin Loach parishes where he sponsored the rebuilding of the parish churches. Higginson was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton, Hertfordshire
Norton is a small village and former civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, one of the three original villages which were absorbed into Letchworth Garden City, the other two being Willian and Old Letchworth. The village is known to have existed by 1007, with remains of the medieval settlement visible as earthworks in a field beside the church. However, the history of the village goes back even further than that. In 1901 the parish had a population of 169. History of Norton Archaeological excavations in Norton have revealed evidence of human activity in the area going back to before around 3000 BC. People lived at different sites in the village during the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Age, with continuity into the Roman period. Anglo-Saxon occupation is evident from a small cemetery discovered at Blackhorse Road in 1957 and a settlement discovered at Kristiansand Way in 1989, thought to be the lost site of ''Rodenhanger''. It was during this latter period that the first written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton, County Durham
Norton is a market town in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. It stands on higher ground to the south, further away from the River Tees than Stockton town centre. They are small areas west of the area called Roseworth and Ragworth. Billingham Beck is to the area's east, the beck flows south-east to join the river. Wolviston and Wynyard are the nearest places to the north. They are three wards with the area's name. Combined the two former 2011 wards had a population of 20,829. *6,286 for *7,843 for *6,700 for The area's centre dates back to at least the Anglo-Saxon period. It was the centre of an ancient parish that once included the chapelry of Stockton, which became its own ancient parish in 1713 which was three years after Stockton was granted a market charter. It became a part of Teesside County Borough in 1968, which was abolished in 1974, it has not been parished since. History In 1982, the chance discovery of human bones by school children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton, Suffolk
Norton is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. The name Norton means northern town or farm.Norton Village website Retrieved 2013-01-31. Located close to the A14, its nearest railway station is at Elmswell, just over away. The closest towns are Stowmarket away and Bury St Edmunds, around away. History The village once formed part of |
Norton Parish, New Brunswick
Norton is a civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Hampton, the village of Norton, and the local service district of the parish of Norton, all of which are members of Regional Service Commission 8 (RSC8). Origin of name Norton may have been named for Norton, Massachusetts, near Taunton, which was the original home of many of the first settlers to this area. Notable is that the names of Kings County's pre-1800 parishes all occur in both New Jersey and North Carolina. History Norton was erected in 1795 from Sussex Parish and Kingston Parish. In 1844 the boundary with Kingston was adjusted. Writer Emily Elizabeth Shaw Beavan worked in the parish as a young teacher. Boundaries Norton Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 149 and 150 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 431, 432, 446, and 447 at same site. *on the west and northwest by a line beginning at the northern bank of the Kenneb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton, Doncaster
Norton is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster (part of South Yorkshire, England), on the border with North Yorkshire. The civil parish also includes the villages of Campsall and Sutton, and has a population of 4,381, increasing to 4,625 at the 2011 Census. The northern boundary of the parish is marked by the River Went, while the Great North Road forms the western boundary. History Little is known about Norton until it was recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086 when it probably had a population of 100 who were solely concerned with agriculture. During the medieval period that followed, Robin Hood was associated with Barnsdale Forest to the west whilst the nearby village of Campsall grew in importance, gaining a chartered market and Norman church. However, Norton gets few mentions in any surviving records from this time. At a later date, Norton Priory was developed on the banks of the River Went but this never grew to be particularly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton, Wiltshire
Norton is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about southwest of Malmesbury. The parish includes the hamlets of Foxley and Bremilham (also known as Cowage). The Sherston branch of the Bristol Avon forms the north boundary of the parish. History Bronze Age ring ditches and signs of early medieval or Saxon settlement are in the east of the parish, near Cowage Farm. The Fosse Way Roman road forms the west boundary of the parish, where it is a bridleway. The east–west road between Malmesbury and Sherston passes through Foxley and Bremilham. From the late 17th century until 1756 this was the main route between Oxford and Bristol. Foxley and Bremilham were separate ecclesiastical parishes until 1893 when Bremilham was united with Foxley. In 1934 Foxley (with Bremilham) was transferred to the civil parish of Norton. Religious sites Norton The Anglican Church of All Saints at Norton is Grade II listed. There was probably a church in the 13th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton, New Brunswick
Norton is a community in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. It was likely named for Norton, Massachusetts. On 1 January 2023, Norton was annexed or part of five local service districts to form the new village of Valley Waters. Revised census information has not been released. Geography It is situated on the Kennebecasis River 55 kilometres northeast of Saint John. The European and North American Railway began serving Norton in 1859. Norton is home to the oldest fossil forest in Canada. Present day ''Family Frolic Days'' used to be an annual village festival. Country music singer Chris Cummings and rock musician, Ian Sherwood, of "Down With The Butterfly" and "Acres and Acres" are both natives of Norton. Norton Elementary School, located at the intersection of Route 121 and Route 124, serves Norton students from kindergarten to grade five. It is a small, rural school is closely tied with the local community. French immersion is not offered at Norton Elementary but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton, Buckland And Stone
Norton, Buckland and Stone is a small rural civil parish east of Teynham and west of the centre of Faversham in the borough of Swale, Kent, England. It is bypassed by the M2 to the south and traverses the historic A2, on the route of the Roman road of Watling Street. Norton Ash and Lewson Street History and Buildings In 1798, Edward Hasted records that Norton, was written in "ancient" records as 'Northtune'. The manor was previously owned by Odo, Earl of Kent (as the Bishop of Bayeux), at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086. It was recorded as 'Nortone'. The parish had three churches, and three mills without tallage (land tax),and two fisheries of twelve pence. Wood for the pannage (grazing) of forty hogs. But after his trial (for fraud) in 1076. His assets were re-apportioned including Badlesmere. The parish returned to the crown who passed it to 'Hugo de Port'. Then it passed to John de Campania (of Newenham), with a rent of 30 shillings going to Rochester Castle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton, Kent
Norton, Buckland and Stone is a small rural civil parish east of Teynham and west of the centre of Faversham in the borough of Swale, Kent, England. It is bypassed by the M2 to the south and traverses the historic A2, on the route of the Roman road of Watling Street. Norton Ash and Lewson Street History and Buildings In 1798, Edward Hasted records that Norton, was written in "ancient" records as 'Northtune'. The manor was previously owned by Odo, Earl of Kent (as the Bishop of Bayeux), at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086. It was recorded as 'Nortone'. The parish had three churches, and three mills without tallage (land tax),and two fisheries of twelve pence. Wood for the pannage (grazing) of forty hogs. But after his trial (for fraud) in 1076. His assets were re-apportioned including Badlesmere. The parish returned to the crown who passed it to 'Hugo de Port'. Then it passed to John de Campania (of Newenham), with a rent of 30 shillings going to Rochester Castle. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton, Gloucestershire
Norton is a settlement and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. Overview The main settlements in the parish are the three hamlets of Norton (sometimes called Cold Elm Norton), Bishop's Norton and Prior's Norton. The parish is bisected by the main A38 road that connects Gloucester and Tewkesbury, Bishop's Norton lying to its west and Prior's Norton to its east. Norton formerly lay on the road but is now bypassed. For the purposes of local government the parish forms part of the Tewkesbury borough The village has a small school (Norton Church of England Primary School), a village hall, a sports pitch, two pubs (The Red Lion at Wainlode Hill and the New Dawn Inn) and a church. The parish of Norton had a population of 439 according to the 2011 census. On the Bishop's Norton side, just down from the trigpoint at the top of Sandhurst Hill, is a commemoration stone in the middle of a small group of trees with the following inscription: "This stone marks the site of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton, Northamptonshire
Norton is a village in West Northamptonshire. The population including Brokhall and Norton at the 2011 census was 434. The village is about east of Daventry, west of Northampton. Junction 16 of the M1 motorway is about south-east and the nearest railway station is at Long Buckby to the east. Near the village, on Watling Street, is the Roman settlement of Bannaventa. History The villages name means 'North farm/settlement'. Some of the earliest residents of the village were the Romans, who built the Roman settlement of Bannaventa, a Romano-British fortified town on the eastern outskirts of the village located on the Roman road of Watling Street ( A5 London to Holyhead road). Material representing the remains of the Roman settlement of Bannaventa has been recovered from a strip around wide on either side of a length of Watling Street, in agricultural land north-west of the village, at Whilton Lodge. The settlement's defences were in the form of a trapezium, not aligned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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