Norton Harlequins: Their Finest Hour
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Local History Articles
Norton In Hales School Diary
This is a digest of the Norton in Hales village school diary which starts on September 1, 1939 and runs to April 1943. Many of the...
History of Norton Parish
These notes have been compiled from several sources. For more information about the owners of the land ‘Landed Estates and the Gentry’,...
A look at Norton In Hales in 1911
In 1911 the census of England was taken on the nights of 2nd and 3rd of April. The census recorded detailed information on the people who...
The Remote Chapel
The tiled floor is similar to that which is in the church, the walls are painted sky blue. There are only 3 surviving stain glass...
The Railway Station
Norton-in-Hales Railway 1870 – 1956 Norton-in-Hales station was built by the North Staffordshire Railway Co. and it stood on the Stoke to...
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...
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