In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described East Norton like this:
NORTON (East), a village and a parochial chapelry in Billesdon district, Leicester. Th village stands in Eye brook valley, 2½ miles W of the boundary with Leicester, 5½ W of Uppingham, and 6 N of Medbourne-Bridge r. station; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a police station and an inn. ...
The chapelry comprises 1, 390 acres. Post-town, Tugby, under Leicester. Real property, £2, 230. Pop., 139. Houses, 26. The manor belongs to T. Chamberlayne, Esq. The living is a p.curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Tugby, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is early English; was restored and enlarged in 1850; and has a small tower, with short octagonal spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel and charities £17.
East Norton through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of East Norton, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11190
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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