King's Norton
Major Settlement in the Parish of King's Norton
Historical Forms
- Nortone 1086 DB 1235 RHug
- Norton c.1130 LeicSurv 1186,1192 P 1271 Ipm 1284 Ass
- Nortona Ric1 Ch 1253
- Nortun 1237,1238 RGros 1368 Wyg
- Northona 1190×1204 France
- Northon 1221 Ass 1262 RGrav 1264 Cl
- Kynges ~ Ric1 Ch 1253 RGros 1237 IpmR 1306
- Kinges ~ 1237 RGros 1235×53 Dugd
- King's ~ 1798 Nichols
- West ~ 1284,1317 Wyg 1471 Cl 1511 BM
- ~ iuxta Galby(e) 1284 Ass 1288 Coram 1368 Wyg 1392 RTemple 1510 Wyg 1524 LCh 1629,1630 LML
- ~ iuxta Galleby 1304,1307 Pat 1434 Wyg
- ~ iuxta Galbie 1527 ib
- ~ besydys Galbye 1523 Wyg
Etymology
'The north farmstead, village', v. norð , tūn . It is uncertain to which other settlement Norton originally related as 'the north farmstead'; possible is Burton Overy. In the Domesday Survey, Norton is described as a parcel of the royal demesne appendant to the manor of Great Bowden, hence Kynges ~, which style is certainly recorded from the 13th cent. and possibly from the reign of Richard I (1189–99). This affix appears to have fallen into disuse from early in the 14th until the late 18th cent., its reintroduction perhaps inspired by local antiquarians. The affix West ~ distinguished the township from East Norton (v. Lei 3177), but the common affix was ~ iuxta Galby , Galby lying one mile to Norton's north-east, v. king , west , besyde . Note also MLat iuxta 'near to'.
The substitution of th for t in some early forms is the result of AN orthographical interchange between the symbols th and t for etymological t .