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NORTON, a village and a parish in Presteigne district, Radnor. The village stands on a small affluent of the river Lug, near the boundary with Hereford, 2½ miles N N W of Presteigne, and 3¾ S S E of Knighton r. station; is a small place, but nominally a borough; and anciently had a castle. The parish comprises 3, 144 acres. Post-town, Presteigne, Radnorshire. Real property, £2, 223. Pop., 313. Houses, 58. Norton Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £147. Patron, R. G. Price, Esq. The church has an embattled tower.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Norton Parish Presteigne Poor Law Union/Registration District Radnorshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Norton |
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