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NORTON, Derbyshire

"NORTON is an agricultural parish, containing a village of the same name, about two miles and a half from Dronfield and four from Sheffield. About one mile south-east is Hazelhurst and Oaks, the seats of William John Bagshaw, Esq. magistrate. The church, among which is an altar tomb, to the memory of the parents of John Blythe, Bishop of Salisbury, and Geffrey Blythe, Bishop of Lichfield, both of whom were born here: a place of worship for unitarians, and a grammar school, of ancient foundation are in the parish - which contained, in 1831, 1,747 inhabitants."

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Church History

• Colin Hinson is providing photographs of Parish of Norton Churches as part of GENUKI/Yorkshire.

Church Records

• Nigel Batty-Smith's site of United Kingdom Genealogy has scanned images of Marriages at Norton, 1559-1812 (from Phillmore's Derbyshire Parish Registers - Marriages, Volume 5).

Directories

• A Description of Norton has been transcribed by Heather Faulkes from Pigot's Directory of 1828-9.

• Directory for Dronfield, with the villages of Beauchieff, Norton, Holmesfield, Dore, Totley, Unstone and neighbourhoods Beauchieff Abbey transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Norton (with Norton Woodseats) by Ann Andrews. Added 20 Mar 2008.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Norton from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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