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Norton in the Moors |
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Norton is a very common village name in England. There are two others in Staffordshire, Norton Canes and Norton Bridge, but there is only one Norton in the Moors in the country. Norton in the Moors has had various names during its history, being referred to as .....
From various historical documents it can be seen that there was a Church at Norton well before the twelfth Century. Between 1840 and 1850 the large parish of Norton in the Moors became four viz ... |
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Name of Church |
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Norton in the Moors |
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Smallthorne |
Church and Burial Ground Consecrated 1850 |
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Brown Edge |
Built 1844 |
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Milton |
St. Phillip & St. James |
Built in 1848 - Church and Burial Ground Consecrated 1865 |
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Norton Registers |
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1574 |
First entry in Norton Registers. It is assumed that entries from 1558 in the old paper registers were either lost or destroyed before 1598. |
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26th April 1690 |
Last entry in Latin in the registers. |
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Volume 1 |
1574 to April 1659 (Closed at the Restoration) |
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Volume 2 |
6th May 1660 to 1787 (NB gap of 13 months between Vol 1 & Vol 2) |