Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NORMANTON

NORMANTON, a hamlet in Southwell parish, Notts; on the river Greet, ½ a mile N E of Southwell. It was formerly a separate parish, and had an ancient church. Real property, £1, 479. Pop., 70. Normanton Hallwas formerly the seat of the Cartwrights; is now the seat of J. Barrow, Esq.; and occupies the site of a seat of the Hunts, built in the time of Edward IV.


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

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Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Nottinghamshire Ancient County
Place: Normanton

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