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 .....

• Norton - Le - Moors
• Nortone (In Doomsday)
• Norton - super - les - Moors
• Norton - upon - the - Moors
• Norton - en - le - Moors
• Norton - under - Kaversmunde (Carmountside)
• Norton - under - Kermond

From various historical documents it can be seen that there was a Church at Norton well before the twelfth Century.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 ...

Norton in the Moors

St. Bartholomews

 Parish Map of Norton

Smallthorne

St. Saviour's

Church and Burial Ground Consecrated 1850

Brown Edge

St. Anne's

Built 1844

Milton

St. Phillip & St. James

Built in 1848 - Church and Burial Ground Consecrated 1865

First entry in Norton Registers. It is assumed that entries from 1558 in the old paper registers were either lost or destroyed before 1598.

26^th April 1690

Last entry in Latin in the registers.

Volume 1

1574 to April 1659 (Closed at the Restoration)

Volume 2

6^th May 1660 to 1787 (NB gap of 13 months between Vol 1 & Vol 2)

The Hearth Tax Returns for Norton Parish - 1666

Parish Map of Norton in the Moors

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