Kings Norton, Leicestershire
Historical Description
King's Norton or Norton-by-Galby, a village, a township, and a parish in Leicestershire. The village stands 4 miles NE from Glen station on the M.R., and 5 SW from Ingersby station on the G.N.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Billesdon. The parish contains also the township of Stretton Parva. Acreage, 1714; population, 131. The manor belongs to the Countess of Stamford and Warrington. The church, which is a building of stone in the Gothic style, was built in 1783, suffered damage from lightning in 1843, and was repaired about 1848. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Stretton Parva, in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value,, £108 with residence. There are some small charities.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Leicestershire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | King's Norton St. John the Baptist | |
Hundred | Gartree | |
Poor Law union | Billesdon |
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 King's Norton:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1588-1812 | 1754-1939 | 1590-1852 | 1589-1811 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Kings Norton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Norton, King's (St. John the Baptist))
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Leicestershire is online.
Maps
Online maps of Kings Norton 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 Leicestershire newspapers online: