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Rh NORTON-FOLGATE. NORTON -HANDERVILLE. battled tower containing S tells. The chancel is sepa- rated from the nave by a carved screen. The parochial charities produce about 2 per annum. Monty's Court and Manor House are the principal residences. Charles Noel Welman, Esq., is lord of the manor. NORTON-FOLGATE, an ext. par. lib. in the Tower div. of the hund. of Ossulstone, co. Middlesex, adjoining the ward of Bishopsgate Without in the City of London. It derives its name from its situation N. of Bishopsgate, and its adjunct, from the Saxon word Foldwcg, a high- way, in allusion to the Ermine Street which passed through this place. It is a precinct exempt from archi- diaconal jurisdiction, being subject to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, to whom the manor belongs, and who at the time of the Domesday Survey possessed 10 cottages and 9 acres of land here. NORTON-GREENS. See QUEENS-NORTON, co. Northampton. NORTON-HAWKFIELD, or HAUTVILLE, an ext. par. place in the hund. of Chew, co. Somerset, near Norton Malreward. NORTON-HOOK. See HOOK-NORTON, co. Oxford. NOETON-IN-HALES, a par. in the Dray ton div. of the hund. of North Bradford, co. Salop, 4 miles N.E. of Market-Dray ton, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Tern, and is wholly agricultural. The soil consists of sand, with a Bubsoil of red sandstone of the new formation, which is quarried for building purposes. The tithes were com- muted for corn-rents under an Enclosure Act in 1819. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 305. The church, dedicated to St. Chad, is an ancient stone structure, with a square pinnacled tower containing a clock and 3 bells. The church has monuments to the Cotton family and several others. The living was for- merly held by Dr. Lightfoot, the Hebrew scholar. The parochial charities produce about 22 per annum. There is a village school for both sexes, endowed with an annuity of 10. The Primitive Methodists have a place of worship. Bellaport House is the principal residence. The Rev. H. K. Cukburn is lord of the manor. NORTON-JUXTA-TWYCROSS, a par. in the hund. of Sparkenhoe, co. Leicester, 6 miles N. of Atherstone, its post town, and 6 W. of Market Bosworth. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The par. includes the hmlt. of Bilstone. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 273, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is an ancient structure with a short spired tower containing 3 bells. The parochial charities produce about 16 per annum. The living was formerly held by the father of V. Whiston, the celebrated divine, who was born in this parish in 1667. There is a National school for both sexes. Earl Howe is lord of the manor. NORTON-KINGS, or NORTON-BY-GALBY, a par. in the hund. of Gartree, co. Leicester, 2J miles S.W. of Billesdon, its post town, and 7 S.E. of Leicester. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricul- tural. The par. includes the district of Stretton-Parva. It is said to have derived the suffix to its name from King William I. having held the manor for some time after the Norman conquest. About a third of the land is arable, and the remainder pasture. The living is a vie.* with the cur. of Little Strettou annexed, in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 103. The church, dedicated to St. John, is a small stone structure, with a pinnacled tower containing a chime clock and eight bells. The parochial charities produce about 7 10s. per annum, of which 5 goes towards the clothing of four children, and the remainder is distributed to the poor in beef and bread at Christmas. Lord Stamford is lord of the manor. NORTON, KING'S, a par. and town in the upper div. of the hund. of Halfshire, co. Worcester, 5 miles S. by W. of Birmingham. The par includes the town of its own name, and the chplries. of Moseley and Wylhall. It received the grant of a market from James I., but this has for many years been discontinued. Some of the in- habitants are employed in the manufacture of nails. The parish is intersected by the line of the Birmingham and Gloucester railway, and by the Birmingham and Worcester canal, which here forms a junction with that of Stratford-on-Avon, and passes through a tunnel of 2 miles into the parish of Alvechurch. An Act was passed in 1840 foi establishing a court of requests here. Norton is also the head of a Poor-law Union, comprising five parishes, of which three, viz. Beoley, King's Norton, and Northfield, are in Worcestershire, Harborne in Staf- fordshire, and Edgbaston in Warwickshire. It is like- wise the seat of a superintendent registry, but is included in the Birmingham new county court district. The living is a perpet. cur.* in the dioc. of Worcester, val. 270, in the patron, of the dean and chapter. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a spacious structure, rebuilt in 1750 for 20,000, defrayed by Mrs. Fobrey. It has a tower, surmounted by a lofty spire, which has been twice shattered by lightning, first in February, 1843, and again on the 13th May, 1850. There is a free grammar school, endowed by Edward VI., with about 15 per annum. The parochial charities consist of several small bequests for the poor, producing together about 100 per annum. Hawkesley House, the seat of the Middlemores, was besieged and burnt by the Royalists in 1645. Fairs are held on the 25th April and ith September. NORTON-LE-CLAY, a tnshp. in the par. of Cundall, wap. of Hallikeld, North Riding co. York, 2 miles W. of Cundall, and 3 N.E. of Boroughbridge. The vil- lage, which is small, is wholly agricultural. The soil consists of a rich loam. The chapel-of-ease, dedicated to St. John, is a stone structure, with a small belfry containing one bell. The Earl of Ripou is lord of the manor. NORTON-LINDSEY, a par. in the Snitterfield div. of the hund. of Barlichway, co. Warwick, 3J miles S.W. of Warwick, its post town. The village, which is of small extent and wholly agricultural, is situated between the roads from Henley and Stratford-on-Avon to War- wick. The rectorial tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 121 10s. The living is a cur. annexed to the vie. * of Claverdon, in the dioc. of Worcester. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The parochial charities produce about 2 per annum. NORTON, LOWER, or CURLEW, a hmlt. in the par. of Budbrooke, hund. of Barlichway, co. Warwick, 1J mile N.W. of Warwick. It is situated near the Bir- mingham canal. NORTON-MALREWARD, a par. in the hund. of Chew, co. Somerset, 4 miles S. of Bristol. Pensford is its post town. The par., which is of small extent, consists principally of four extensive farms, and contains the ext. par. place of Norton-Hawkfield, or Hautville. In the neighbourhood is Maes Knoll Tump, a tumulus 390 feet by 84, and 45 feet in height, above the level of the camp inside. It is bounded on the western side of the knoll by a deep ditch. A portion of the soil consists of a clayey nature upon a subsoil of red sandstone and white lias, which are quarried for building purposes. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 223, and the glebe comprises 57 acres. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 283. The church has an original embattled tower, containing two bells. The only other portion of the old building is the Norman arch, the remainder having been rebuilt in 1861. There is a National school for both sexes. "Here Lane " is still opened to the public, and is used as a bridle road. Ammonites and fossil nautili are abundant in this neighbourhood. NORTON-MANDERVILLE, a par. in the hund. of Ongar, co. Essex, 4 miles N.E. of Chipping-Ongar, its post town, and 8 N. of Brentwood. Tlie parish, which is of small extent, is situated near the river Roding, and is wholly agricultural. It is supposed to have derived its name from its relative situation to Ongar, and the suffix from an ancient proprietor. About two-thirds of the land are arable, and the remainder pasture. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 83. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has a tower sur-