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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Norton

Historical Forms

  • (æt) norðtune 1007 Crawfordxi
  • Northtonam 11th Gesta
  • Northuna 1219 Pap
  • Norton(e) 1086 DB 1226 FF
  • Norton(e) juxta Baldok 1306 FF

Etymology

'North farm,' v. tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name