Norton, County Durham
| Norton | |
|---|---|
Stockton-on-Tees | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Places | List |
| Post town | STOCKTON-ON-TEES |
| Postcode district | TS20 |
| Dialling code | 01642 |
| Police | Cleveland |
| Fire | Cleveland |
| Ambulance | North East |
| UK Parliament | |
Norton, also known as Norton-on-Tees, is a market town[2][3] in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, in County Durham, England.[4] The suburbs of Roseworth and Ragworth are notable areas of the town. Billingham Beck is to the east of the town, the beck flows to the south-east. The town also contains the areas of Wolviston and Wynyard which are to the north of the town and are wards of the town. The town had a population of 20,829 in the 2011 Census.[1]
The area's centre dates back to at least the
History
In 1982, the chance discovery of human bones by school children playing on a rope swing near the Mill Lane area of the town, led to the unearthing of an Anglo-Saxon
To the south end of High Street, the Victoria Jubilee Memorial Cross stands where the market place was once situated. The red sandstone Anglian style cross commemorates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Further along, and on the opposite side of the High Street are the Fox
Norton was an ancient parish, which also included the chapelry of Stockton, which became a separate parish in 1713. Most of the parish of Norton, including the main built-up area, was absorbed into the municipal borough and parish of Stockton in 1913.[5] A residual civil parish of Norton, covering just the more rural western part of the old parish, continued to exist until 1 April 1968 when it was abolished and absorbed into the County Borough of Teesside along with Stockton and other areas.[6] In 1961 the parish had a population of 416.[7] It is now in the unparished area of Stockton-on-Tees.
Geography
At the north end of Norton centre there is a large village green with a duckpond, surrounded by mostly Georgian houses and cottages. The ancient parish church of St. Mary the Virgin stands on the west side of the village Green.
Norton's wide and tree-lined
St Mary's Church
The grave of John Walker, the inventor of friction matches, is located in the churchyard.[8]
Norton's Catholic population now worship at St Joseph's in Darlington Lane. The church opened in 1933 and is part of the St Hilda Partnership within the Hexham and Newcastle Diocese.
Red House School
Located in the town is Red House School, an independent school established in 1929. Adjacent to St. Mary's Church is Red House Nursery & Infant School, which combines state of the art modern buildings with classrooms in the former Old Vicarage. On the opposite side of the village green resides Red House Preparatory and Main School. In May 2012, the school announced its intention to relocate to nearby Wynyard Park stating that it had outgrown its existing site in Norton. This, however, did not occur as the school decided to improve the existing site.
Sport
The Norton (Teesside) Sports Complex is situated on Station Road and dates back to 1847 when it was the home of Norton Cricket Club. At the Club's Centenary Dinner in 1947, the members decided to buy the ground (and a further twelve acres surrounding it) with a view to developing it into one of the finest sports complexes in the north of England. During the past few decades further land was acquired and now as well as being home to Norton Cricket Club (which play in the NYSD cricket premier league).
The complex is also home to the
Notable events
6 August 1856,
14 July 1977,
11 November 2006,
Image gallery
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Village Green -
Fox Almshouses -
1897 Jubilee Memorial Cross -
Methodist Church
Notable people from Norton
- Geoff Deehan – television and film producer
- Thomas Jefferson Hogg – barrister and writer
- Stevie Lynn – professional wrestler
- Christopher Middleton – navigator
- Gary Pallister – professional footballer with Middlesbrough, Manchester United, and England
- Franc Roddam – film director
- Dean Stobbart – creator of the YouTube football cartoon channel 442oons
- Rear-Admiral Polycarpus Taylor
- David Townsend – Test cricketer
- Peter Townsend – cricketer
- friction match, buried in the grounds of St Mary's Church, Norton
- Notts County FC and National League (division)record goal scorer
References
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- 6,286 for Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- 7,843 for Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- 6,700 for Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- 6,286 for
- ^ "Town and Parish Councils".
- ^ "Our Six Towns". Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Reshaping our town centres - Stockton Council". www.stockton.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Norton Ancient Parish / Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Diagram of Durham showing Administrative Boundaries, 1967". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ "The Home Page of St.Mary the Virgin, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees". Stmarysnorton.org.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Duncan Bannatyne Biography". Archived from the original on 10 December 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
External links
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