Norton Gloucestershire Family History Guide

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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

Norton Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Norton, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials, 1569-1812

Norton, Gloucestershire Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Norton, Gloucestershire Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Norton, Gloucestershire Church of England Burials, 1813-1928

Norton Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Norton. The index includes information from Gloucestershire Marriage Allegations 1680-1700.

Marriage Licences and Allegations

The following have been extracted from Gloucestershire Marriage Allegations 1680-1700.

1692 Apr. 7 Charles Curtis, Alderton, 29, and Mary Carpenter, Norton, 24.

1692 Oct. 4 John x Linke, Norton, 26, and Elianor Bush, Deerhurst, 25.

1693 Dec. 18 Edmund Salcombe, Sandhurst, 36, W., and Ann Watkins, Norton, 34, W.: Bdm. John Guy, Gloucester city.

1694 June 4 Thomas Smith, the Leigh, 21, and (?) Loris Butt, Norton, Wit. Robert Butt.

1694 Nov. 10 Richard Lane, Norton, 39, and Catherine Chandler, Norton, (?) 24 or 29.

1698 May 14 Robert Butt, Norton, 21, and Sara Tanty, St. Hurst, 19: Wit. Nicholas Moore.

Poll Books

Poll Book 1834, Eastern Division Gloucestershire The Poll at the Election of a Knight of The Shire to serve in Parliament for the Eastern Division of the County of Gloucestershire taken August 11th and 12th 1834 before Harry Edmund Waller, Esquire, High Sheriff. Candidate Christopher William Codrington, Esquire, and Charles Hanbury Tracy Leigh, Esquire. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

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].

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

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