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Norton Juxta Twycross, Leicestershire

Historical Description

Norton-juxta-Twycross, a village, a township, and a parish in Leicestershire. The village stands 1 mile E of the boundary with Warwickshire, 1½ S of Snareston station on the Ashby and Nuneaton branch of the L. & N.W.R., and 7 miles N by E of Atherstone. Post town, Atherstone; money-order and telegraph office, Twycross. The parish contains also the township of Bilstone. It comprises 2571 acres; population, 342; population of the ecclesiastical parish, 362. The manor belongs to Earl Howe. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £290 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient edifice of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and an embattled western tower. The tower was formerly surmounted by a short spire, but in 1890, when the church was restored, the spire was taken down. Whiston was a native, and his father was rector.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyLeicestershire 
Ecclesiastical parishNorton-Juxta-Twycross Holy Trinity 
HundredSparkenhoe 
Poor Law unionMarket-Bosworth 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Findmypast, in association with the Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland, have the following parish records online for Norton juxta Twycross:

BaptismsBannsMarriagesBurials
1686-18761778-19401687-19301686-1988

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Norton Juxta Twycross from the following:


Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.


Maps

Online maps of Norton Juxta Twycross are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Leicestershire newspapers online: