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

  • Norton(e) 1086 DB
  • Norton juxta Davintre 1242 Ipm

Etymology

'North farm' (v. tun ), probably in relation to Dodford, with which its bounds march.

Places in the same Parish