English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Norton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broadwoodwidger

Historical Forms

  • Nortona 1086 DB
  • Nort(h)on 1242 Fees776
  • Nort(h)on Beauceyn 1305 Ipm

Etymology

'North farm,' v. tun . Richard Baucan held the manor in 1242.

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