Bishop's Norton & Prior's Norton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Norton
Historical Forms
- Nortvne, Nortune 1086 DB
- Nortuna, Norton, Nortuun 13 WinchLB 1221 Eyre 1222 GlR 1248 Ch 1672 PR
- Norton Episcopi, Norton Prioris 1327 SR
- Norhtona 1106 Tewk71
- Northton' 1287 Ass
- Northon(a) 1138,1263–84 Glouc
- Northon(a) iuxta Glouc' 1281 FF
Etymology
'North farmstead', v. norð , tūn ; it is 4 miles north of Gloucester.'Bishop's' or Episcopi because part belonged to the Archbishop of York and 'Prior's' from the Prior of St Oswald's, Gloucester; the latter was a peculiar of the see of York (VCH i, 14).