Norton le Clay, North Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Norton-le-Clay, a village and a township in Cundall parish, N.R. Yorkshire, 3 miles N of Boroughbridge station on the N.E.R. Post town, York; money order office, Helyerby; telegraph office, Boroughbridge. Acreage of township, 1092; population, 91. The manor belongs to the Butler family, who, with the Crown, are the principal landowners. There is a chapel of ease which was restored in 1894 at a cost of upwards of £400, and also a small Wesleyan chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
Civil parish | Cundall | |
Riding | North | |
Wapentake | Hallikeld |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Norton le Clay from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Norton-Le-Clay)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following North Riding newspapers online: