Norton Canon, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Norton Canon, a scattered parish in Herefordshire. The village stands 1 mile NW of Moorhampton station on the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon section of the M.R., 3½. miles SSW of Weobly, and has a post office under Weobly (R.S. 0.); money order and telegraph office, Staunton-on-Wye. The parish comprises 2148 acres; population, 281. The manor belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £140 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The church is ancient, and was partially rebuilt in 1706; the nave was restored in 1868 and the chancel repaired in 1876. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Herefordshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Norton-Canon St. Nicholas | |
Hundred | Grimsworth | |
Poor Law union | Weobley |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Norton Canon from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Norton-Canon (St. Nicholas))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Norton Canon 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 Herefordshire newspapers online: