Norton

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Norton is a suburban area in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire

Other current and historical names

Nortone

Built-Up Area: Letchworth Garden City
Parish/Community: North Hertfordshire, unparished area
District/Borough: North Hertfordshire
County: Hertfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 51°59'39"N 0°12'30"W
Eastings/Northings: 523096, 234402
OS Grid: TL230344
Mapcode Local: GBR J6Q.VH1
Mapcode Global: VHGNM.B4MD

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Norton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Norton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Norton, par. and vil., Herts, in NW. of co., 1 mile NW. of Baldock ry. sta., 1753 ac., pop. 250; near the vil. are Norton Hall and Norton Bury, seats.

Norton in the Domesday Book

A village in Broadwater hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of St Albans
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of St Alban's
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of St Alban's
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £17 in 1066; £16 in 1070; £16 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 5 cottagers; 1 slave; 1 priest; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 7 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 2 ploughs
- Mills: 2, value 16 shillings

British Place Names

Norton, Hertfordshire

Norton is a suburban area in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire

Norton in historic gazetteers

Norton in the Domesday Book