Norton, Kent

Historical Description

Norton, a small rural parish in East Kent, 1½ mile SSE of Teynham station on the L.C. & D.R., and 3½ W of Faversham. Post town, Faversham. Acreage, 903; population, 165. Norton Court, Provender, and Rushett are handsome residences in the parish. At Wren's Hill, in this parish, are the kennels of The Tickham foxhounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £366 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church is Early English, in good condition; consists of nave and chancel, with a tower; and contains some beautiful mural tablets.

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.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Norton from the following:

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

Newspapers and Periodicals

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

• Kent & Sussex Courier
• Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
• Dover Express
• Kentish Gazette
• Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
• Kentish Chronicle
• Maidstone Telegraph

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.