Normanton

Other current and historical names

Normantun
Normenton

Built-Up Area: Southwell
Parish/Community: Southwell
District/Borough: Newark and Sherwood
County: Nottinghamshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 53°4'59"N 0°56'56"W
Eastings/Northings: 470500, 354500
OS Grid: SK705545
Mapcode Local: GBR BJY.LY8
Mapcode Global: WHFHF.DRCT

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

Normanton in historic gazetteers

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

Normanton, hamlet, in par. and NE. vicinity of Southwell, Notts; Normanton Hall, seat, is adjacent.

Normanton in the Domesday Book

A village in Thurgarton hundred, in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ernwin the priest
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop of St Peter York
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Taxable Value: ³⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 16 shillings in 1066; 8 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (1 plough land)

British Place Names

Normanton, Nottinghamshire

Normanton is a settlement in Southwell, Nottinghamshire

Normanton in historic gazetteers

Normanton in the Domesday Book