Norton in Hales, Shropshire

Historical Description

Norton-in-Hales, a village and a parish in Salop. The village stands near The river Tern, at the boundary with Staffordshire, 3½ miles NE by N of Market Drayton. It has a station on the Silverdale and Market Drayton branch of the .North Staffordshire railway, and a post and money order office under Market Drayton; telegraph office, at the railway station. The parish comprises 1878 acres; population, 396. There is a parish council consisting of seven members with a chairman. Bellaport Hall and Brand Hall are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield; net value, £160 with residence. The church was built originally in the 12th century, and rebuilt in the reign of Edward III., and the chancel added in that of Henry VII. It was restored in 1865, and contains some ancient monuments. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel and a cemetery.

Administration

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

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

Church Records

Findmypast, in association with the Shropshire Archives have the Baptisms, Banns, Marriages, and Burials online for Norton In Hales

Civil Registration

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

For births, marriages, and deaths in Norton in Hales from 1935 to 1969 you should search for the Whitchurch Registration District.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Norton in Hales from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Norton-in-Hales (St. Chad))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Shropshire (Salop) is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Norton in Hales are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

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

• Shrewsbury Chronicle
• Wellington Journal
• Eddowes's Journal, and General Advertiser for Shropshire, and the Principality of Wales
• Ludlow Advertiser
• Salopian Journal

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.