NORTON-BAVANT, a village and a parish in Warminster district, Wilts. The village stands on the river Wiley, adjacent to the Salisbury and Westbury railway, 1¼ mile N W of Heytesbury r. station, and 2¾ S Eby E of Warminster. The parish includes a detached portion, separated from the main body by Warminster parish. Post-town, Warminster. Acres, 2, 165. Real property, £3, 549. Pop., 261. Houses, 61. The property is divided among a few. Norton House is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £250.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was recently rebuilt. There are a parochial school, and charities £4.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))