Norton

Other current and historical names

Nortone
Norton Coleparle

Parish/Community: Norton
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°33'28"N 2°9'56"W
Eastings/Northings: 388613, 184364
OS Grid: ST886843
Mapcode Local: GBR 1PY.C95
Mapcode Global: VH95Y.D3ZF

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 Coleparle, par., Wilts, 4 m. SW. of Malmesbury, 1001 ac., pop. 101.

Norton in the Domesday Book

A village in Startley hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Malmesbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Malmesbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Malmesbury
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1070; £4 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 5 slaves; 3 other households
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 acres
- Pasture: 2 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 15 shillings

British Place Names

Norton, Wiltshire

Norton is a hamlet in Wiltshire

Norton in historic gazetteers

Norton in the Domesday Book