Norton
NORTON, a township, in the parish of Cuckney, union of Worksop, Hatfield division of the wapentake of Bassetlaw, N. division of the county of Nottingham, 4¾ miles (S. by W.) from Worksop; containing 362 inhabitants. It comprises 1297 acres; the village is situated in a fertile vale, near the confluence of the river Poulter with the lake in Welbeck Park.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.