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Rh NORTON, MIDSOMER. 85 NORWICH. mounted b7 a shingled spire. There is an infant school. NORTON, MIDSOMER. See MIDSOMEB NORTON, co. Somerset. NOUTON-ON-THE-MOORS, a pa* in the N. div. of Piroliill hund., co. Stafford, 3 miles N.E. of Burslem, its post town, 2J N. by E. of Hanley, and 6 S.W. of Leek. The parish, which is of largo extent, is situated in a bleak and hilly district, abounding in coal, and is inter- sected by the Guidon canal. It contains the hmlts. of Norton-Green, Brown-Edge, Bemersley, Ford-Green, Smallthorn, and Milton. There are numerous collieries, also an extensive iron foundry at Norton-Green. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. 550. The church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, has a square tower at the W. end. There are also district churches at Small- thorn and Brown-Edge, the livings of which are perpet. cura.,* val. 102 and .'100 respectively. The Indepen- dents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists, have each a place of worship. There are National schools for both sexes. NORTON, OVER, a chplry. in the par. of Chipping- Norton, hund. of Chadlington, co. Oxford, three quarters of a mile N. by E. of Chipping-Norton. NORTON ST. PHILIP, a par. in the hund. of Wei- low, co. Somerset, 7 miles S.E. of Bath, its post town, and 4 S.W. of the Freshford railway station. The vil- lage, which is of small extent, is situated on the high road from Bath to Fromo, and is chiefly agricultural. There was formerly a grange to Hinton Abbey, where a cloth fair was held, and where the royal troops attacked Monmouth in 1685. Malting is carried on, and there are also a brewery and a corn-mill. The soil is of a loamy nature, upon a subsoil of stone. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 123. The living is a vie.* in the dice, of Bath and Wells, val. 91, in the patron, of the bishop. Tho church, dedicated to St. Philip and All Saints, is an ancient stone structure, with a lofty tower containing six bells, restored in 1847, Tho register dates from 1585. There is also a district church at Hinton-Chartcrhouse, the living of which is a perpet. cur.,* val. 100. A school for both sexes was erected in 1827, and endowed with an annuity of 50 by Joseph Nield, Esq. There are also infant and Sunday schools. The Wesleyans and Baptists have each a place of worship. NORTON PUDDING, a par. in the hund. of Gallow, co. Norfolk, 1 mile S. of Fakenham, its post town. Tho village consists of two or three farmhouses. There is an extensive plantation of fir trees. Two-thirds of the land are arable, and the remainder meadow and pasture. The living is a discharged rect. in the dioc. of Norwich. The rector receives a modus of 10 per annum in lieu of tithes. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, has long been in ruins. NORTON-SUBCOURSE, a par. in tho hund. of Ckivering, co. Norfolk, 4 miles E. of Loddon, its post town, and 6 N. by W. of Beccles. The village, which is small and irregularly built, is situated near the river , and is chiefly agricultural. The impropriate 3 have been commuted for a rent-charge of 179, and tho vicarial for 160. In the reign of Edward III. tin TO was a chantry or college for secular priests, subse-
 * ly removed to Castle-Mettingham in Suffolk. The

living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 100. Tho h, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient and com- modious structure, with a circular tower containing four . The register dates from 1651. Tho charities consist of a poor's allotment, realising about 16 per in. There are National and Sunday schools. Sir K. Itacon, Bart., is lord of the manor and principal rON-TJNDER-CANNOCK. See NOUTON CANES, NOBTOX-TJHDER-HAMBDON, a par.in the hund. of HI "j,h, co. Somerset, 5 miles W. of Yeovil, its i Hid 4J N. Ly {',. of Crowkerno railway itation. Tho vill;iL;i', which is of small extent, is situated in u wo 1 '! it tho south- western extremity of Hambdon-hill, near the river Parret. It is chiefly agricultural, but the manufactures of sail-cloth and gloves are carried on to a small extent. The soil is of a sandy nature, with a subsoil of clay. Building-stone is extensively quarried. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 240. The li ving is a rect.* in tho dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 189. The church, dedi- cated to tho Virgin Mary, has an embattled tower crowned with pinnacles, and containing a clock and five bells. The busts of Henry VII. and his queen are sulptured in alto-relievo in the N. aisle. The register dates from 1538. The parochial charities produce about 4 per annum. The church has recently been restored. There is a National school for both sexes, in which a Sunday-school is held. Tho Wesleyans have a place of worship. Major Quantock is lord of the manor and principal landowner. NORWELL, a par. in tho N. div. of tho wap. of Thurgarton, co. Nottingham, 7 miles N.W. of Newark, its post town, and 2 from the Carlton railway station. The village, which is small, is situated on a branch of tho river Trent, and is chiefly agricultural. The par. includes the tnshps. of Norwell Woodhouse, Carlton-on- Trent, and Willoughby. The tithes were commuted for land and corn-rents under an Enclosure Act in 1826. Tho living, originally divided into three portions, called Secunda, Tertia, and Overhall, is a discharged vie. with the cur. of Carlton-on-Trent annexed, in tho dioc. of Lincoln, val. 336, in the patron, of the Bishop of Manchester. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is an ancient and commodious structure, with a tower con- taining three bells. It has a transept chapol containing the effigy of a knight. The parochial charities produce about 69 per annum, 53 of which goes to Marsden and Sturtovant's schools. There is a place of worship for the Wesloyans. NORWELL- WOODIIOUSE, a tnshp. in tho par. of Norwell, N. div. of the wap. of Thurgarton, co. Notting- ham, 7 miles N. by W. of Newark. NORWICH, a city, municipal and parliamentary borough, county and assizo town, exercising separate jurisdiction, locally in the hund. of Humblcyard, co. Norfolk, 20 miles W. of Yarmouth, 23J W. by N. of Lowestoft, and 108 from London byroad, or 113J by tho Great Eastern railway, on which it has two stations. There are also branch lines to Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Lynn, and Fakenham, the two first-named places being its nearest seaports. A steamboat also runs to Yarmouth by the river Yaro, and a cut through Oulton Dyke to the river Waveney opens a way by water to Lowestoft, deep enough for craft of 100 tons. The harbour, lock, and sluice, at the sea entrance of this navigation, are extensive works. It is situated near the centre of tho county, and on a bend of the river Wensum, just above its junction with tho Yare. Both on account of its large population and its manufactures, Norwich is one of the most important places in England. It is equally interesting from its great antiquity, having grown out of the ruins of tho British and Roman town 1'ctita Icfnorum, now the village of Caistor St. Edmund's. Tho East Angles, when they conquered this part of the country under Uffa, in 541, changed its name to Nord- wic, or the Northern town, and built a royal fortress upon what was then a promontory, but is now the Castle-hill. It then continued to flourish for above three centuries, till the reign of the Saxon king Edmund, when it was taken by the Danes, but was restored by Alfred the Great in 872, and shortly after transferred to Guthrum, tho Danish leader, as part of the Danelagh. It became a place of considerable importance under the succeeding Anglo-Saxon kings, by whom it was made a mint town. In the great Danish invasion under Sweyn, in 1004, it was taken and burnt, but was again settled by the Danes in 1010, who were able, it seems, to come up to it in their boats, a great part of tho land upon which tho modern town stands being then under water. Tho advantages of its site were appreciated by Canute tho Great and his captain, Duku Torchil, who rebuilt the castle and extended tho town. In the reign of