Norton Court, it's owners and tenants from the earliest records to it's demise by fire in 1959.
Read MoreThis article tells the story of the village pub from the time it first opened its doors for trade in 1827. The pub was closed for a number of years before it underwent renovations and re-opened in August 2017 as the New Dawn Inn. I believe that the old Kings Head pub sign is still on display on the premises.
Read MoreHistory of the riverside inn from the mid-1700s.
Read MoreThis article tells the story of Norton CofE School from its opening its doors to pupils in 1876.
Read MoreThis article documents the presence of several, long gone, drinking establishments at Norton other than the two main inns which have survived to present times.
Read MoreThis is an account, taken largely from Canon Evans Prosser's 1970s booklet entitled “How It All Happened”.
Read MoreThis article tells the story of the village Reading Room from its construction in 1877 till its demolition in approximately 1990.
Read MoreThis article tells the story of the Gloucester Clay Shooting Club located opposite the Kings Head Inn on the Tewkesbury Road.
Read MoreThe history of Norton Garage on the A38 Tewkesbury Road.
Read MoreA history of the village parish church from its earliest known times. Photo dates from the restoration of 1876.
Read MoreThis article records details from all of the memorials in the churchyard at St Mary's Parish Church, Norton.
Read MoreIn the eighteenth century Ralph Bigland visited all the churchyards in the county of Gloucestershire and made a record of the memorials that were there. The following is his entry for St Mary’s, Norton.
Read MoreThis article records details from all of the memorials that can be found inside St Mary's Parish Church, Norton.
Read MoreThis article records a short history of the bells of St Mary's Parish Church, Norton.
Read MoreOn the wall inside St Mary’s is a notice board listing all of the incumbents of the church. Using this as a starting point, this article will seek to record all of the clergymen who have taken services at Norton over the years as well as those who were the resident curate. [Canon Evans-Prosser was vicar of Norton 1934-1979 and The Leigh 1947-1979 and it seemed appropriate to use his image as the lead photo for this article].
Read More“True love, by life no less than death, is tried. Live thou for England—we for England died”. This article is an approximate copy of a booklet produced to remember those villagers who are remembered on the memorial at St Mary's churchyard. The booklet is for sale inside the church or contact me for information..
Read MoreWhilst researching the men named on the village War Memorial I identified a few more men with Norton connections who were killed during the First World War but who are not remembered on the Memorial.
Read MoreThis is a record of those men with Norton associations who served in, and survived, the First World War. Photo is of Pip, Squeak and Wilfred - the three general service medals awarded to most First World War soldiers.
Read MoreThis is a record of everyone I have been able to identify with Norton associations who had service in the military prior to the Boer War.
Read MoreJust 20 years after the First World War ended the country was plunged into war again. This time the impact was to be different with ‘total war’ reaching this country and impacting upon the daily lives of people in a way that did not happen in 1914-18. This is a series of articles touching upon the effects of the war in Norton. Once again I am grateful to the late Canon Evans-Prosser who set down many of his memories in writing and I will be quoting from his work at length.
Read MoreNorton's adoption of 'HMS Jaguar' during Warship Week of November 1941
Read MoreThis article may be read on its own but is primarily intended to be read alongside the Norton Court article.
Read MoreThis article may be read on its own but is primarily intended to be read alongside the Norton Court article.
Read MoreThis article may be read on its own but is primarily intended to be read alongside the Norton Court article.
Read MoreThis article may be read on its own but is primarily intended to be read alongside the Norton Court article.
Read MoreThis article may be read on its own but is primarily intended to be read alongside the Norton Court article.
Read MoreThis article may be read on its own but is primarily intended to be read alongside the Norton Court article.
Read MoreThis article may be read on its own but is primarily intended to be read alongside the Norton Court article.
Read MoreThis article may be read on its own but is primarily intended to be read alongside the Norton Court article.
Read MoreThis article may be read on its own but is primarily intended to be read alongside the Norton Court article.
Read MoreThis article may be read on its own but is primarily intended to be read alongside the Norton Farm article.
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