In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Norton Bridge like this:

NORTON-BRIDGE, a place in the W of Staffordshire; on a branch of the river Sow, and on the North-western railway at the junction of the North Staffordshire railway, 5½ miles N N W of Stafford. It has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post-office under Stone.

Norton Bridge through time

Norton Bridge is now part of STAFFORD District. Click here for graphs and data of how STAFFORD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Norton Bridge itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Norton Bridge, in Stafford and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25358

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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