Norton appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Bucklow in Cheshire.

Other Settlements in Bucklow

The Meaning of the Name

The name Norton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village, while the first element appears to represent the northern. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ’the northern farmstead’.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Norton.

Listed Buildings Near Norton

Historic England records 3 listed buildings within about a mile of Norton. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

Norton Water Tower - 0.25 km
Norton Lodge - 0.56 km
Borrow’s Bridge and Associated Hand-cranked Crane, Bridgewater Canal, Norton - 0.58 km

Norton Today

Today Norton lies within the administrative area of Halton.

Read more about modern Norton on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

Eanley - 1.0 km E
Halton - 2.0 km W
Dutton - 2.8 km SE
Aston by Sutton - 3.0 km S
Clifton - 3.2 km W
Middle Aston - 4.0 km S

Heritage Around Norton

Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.

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Norton in the Domesday Book (1086)