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Sir Rowland Cotton and the Ingo Jones Connection
Fascinating connection with a very famous architect. Lady Cotton Monument by Inigo Jones Commisioned by Sir Rowland Cotton Not completed...
Shropshire in the First World War
A county wide account Sons of mine, I hear you thrilling To the trumpet call of war; Gird ye then, I give you freely As I gave your sires...


Register of electors 1949
This section contains a Register of Electors for Norton in Hales parish and is dated 15th October 1949. It has apparently been used for...


Local Medieval Earthworks Destroyed
It has come to our attention that what was probably one of the best preserved medieval archaeological sites in the Market Drayton area...
Church History
St. Chad was an Anglo-Saxon who lived in the 7th century and whose initial Christian Training took place on Lindisfarne. He came...
Nature Notes - Apr-May 2017
Norton Nature Notes 20 April to 19 May 2017 Spring has now well and truly sprung and everything around us in the gardens and in the...
Parish Council Minutes - 16th May 2017
Please click here for the Parish Council Minutes of the 16th May 2017 #parishcouncil #minutes
Nature Notes - Feb-Mar 2017
20 February to 19 March 2017 Spring is well and truly underway and although we continue to have inclement weather (more to come too,...
Parish Council Minutes - 14th Mar 2017
Please click here for the Parish Council Minutes of the 14th March 2017 #parishcouncil #minutes
Parish Council Minutes - 8th Feb 2017
Please click here for the Parish Council Minutes of the 8th February 2017 #parishcouncil #minutes
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