Norton Gloucestershire Family History Guide

Norton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Gloucestershire.

Alternative names: Nortune

The parish includes: Priors Norton and Bishop’s Norton

Parish church: St Mary

Parish registers begin: 1686

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Norton, a village and a parish in the district and county of Gloucester. The village stands 1¾ mile E.S.E. of the river Severn, and 4½ N.N.E. of Gloucester r. station; was formerly called Nortune; and has a postal letter-box under Gloucester.

The parish comprises 1,870 acres. Real property, £3, 577. Pop., 458. Houses, 102. The property is divided among a few. The E manor belongs to N. Dyer, Esq. Norton House is the seat of T. Mayling, Esq.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £51. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church consists of nave and chancel, with porch and tower; and is good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £6.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Norton, 3 m. N. E. Gloucester. P. 427

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Gloucestershire, Norton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Norton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Gloucestershire, Norton – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Norton, 1569-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Norton (Gloucestershire)

Record of members, 1840-1850
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Norton Branch (Gloucestershire)

England, Gloucestershire, Norton – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Norton, Gloucs., Eng

Parish register printouts of Norton, Gloucester, England ; christenings, 1569-1754
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Norton, Gloucester, England ; christenings, 1755-1812
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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Poll Books

Norton Poll Book 1834 – Google Books

Newspapers

The following newspapers cover the area.

Gloucestershire Newspapers

Cheltenham Chronicle (The British Newspaper Archive)

Cheltenham Examiner (The British Newspaper Archive)

Cheltenham Journal and Gloucestershire Fashionable Weekly Gazette (The British Newspaper Archive)

Cheltenham Looker-On (The British Newspaper Archive)

Cheltenham Mercury (The British Newspaper Archive)

Cirencester Times and Cotswold Advertiser (The British Newspaper Archive)

Gloucester Citizen (The British Newspaper Archive)

Gloucester Journal (The British Newspaper Archive)

Gloucestershire Chronicle (The British Newspaper Archive)

Gloucestershire Echo (The British Newspaper Archive)

Stroud Journal (The British Newspaper Archive)

Stroud News and Gloucestershire Advertiser (The British Newspaper Archive)

Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette., The (The British Newspaper Archive)

Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard (The British Newspaper Archive)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

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Administration

  • County: Gloucestershire
  • Civil Registration District: Gloucester
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Pre 1836 – Gloucester, Post 1835 – Gloucester and Bristol
  • Rural Deanery: Gloucester
  • Poor Law Union: Gloucester
  • Hundred: Dudstone and King’s Barton
  • Province: Canterbury