Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NORTON

NORTON, a sub-district in Leek district, Stafford; comprising the townships of Norton-in-the-Moors, Bemersley, and Endon-with-Longsdon and Stanley. Pop.in 1851, 4, 525; in 1861, 5, 634. Houses, 1, 138.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Leek RegD/PLU       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Norton in the Moors

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