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

NORTON-LEES, a village in Norton parish, Derby; near the boundary with Yorkshire, 5 miles S S E of Sheffield.

Norton Lees through time

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

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Norton Lees, in Sheffield and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26408

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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