Norton may refer to:

Places

Norton, meaning 'north settlement' in Old English, is a common place name. Places named Norton include:

Canada

* Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan *

Norton Parish, New Brunswick Norton is a civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Hampton, the village of Norton, and the local service district of the parish of Norton, all of which are members of Reg ...

Norton, New Brunswick Norton is a community in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. It was likely named for Norton, Massachusetts. On 1 January 2023, Norton was annexed or part of five local service districts to form the new village of Valley Waters. Revised censu ...

, a village

United Kingdom

England

* Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, a district * Norton, South Hams, a

location In geography, location or place are used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface or elsewhere. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ...

in Devon * Norton, Torridge, a

in Devon * Norton, County Durham, an area of Stockton-on-Tees * Norton, East Sussex, a

Norton, Gloucestershire Norton is a settlement and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. Overview The main settlements in the parish are the three hamlets of Norton (sometimes called Cold Elm Norton), Bishop's Norton and Prior's Norton. The parish ...

, a civil parish * Norton, Hampshire, a hamlet near Sutton Scotney * Norton, Herefordshire, a civil parish near Bromyard * Norton, Hertfordshire, a village *

Norton, Isle of Wight Norton is a hamlet on the outskirts of Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight, England. Its population is included in the count of the town of Yarmouth. It is situated in the West of the island and has a coast on the Solent. It is located southeast of Ly ...

, a

* Norton, Kent *

Norton, Northamptonshire Norton is a village in West Northamptonshire. The population including Brokhall and Norton at the 2011 census was 434. The village is about east of Daventry, west of Northampton. Junction 16 of the M1 motorway is about south-east and the nea ...

, a village *

Norton, Nottinghamshire Norton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Norton and Cuckney, in the Bassetlaw district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. It is just north of Cuckney, and is home to a number of farmsteads. Lying within the ori ...

, a village * Norton, Culmington, a

in Shropshire * Norton, Stockton, Shropshire, a

in Shropshire * Norton, Wroxeter and Uppington, a

in Shropshire * Norton, Somerset, a

Norton, Doncaster Norton is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster (part of South Yorkshire, England), on the border with North Yorkshire. The civil parish also includes the villages of Campsall and Sutton, and has a population of ...

, South Yorkshire, a civil parish * Norton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, a district *

Norton, Suffolk Norton is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. The name Norton means northern town or farm.

, a village *

Norton, Dudley Norton is a suburb and council ward in the town of Stourbridge, West Midlands. It has a population of 11,943 in an area of 569 hectares. The population is largely White British and self-identifies as predominantly Christian. History The area no ...

, West Midlands, a suburb and council ward in the town of Stourbridge * Norton, Arun, a

in West Sussex * Norton, Chichester, a

in West Sussex *

Norton, Wiltshire Norton is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about southwest of Malmesbury. The parish includes the hamlets of Foxley and Bremilham (also known as Cowage). The Sherston branch of the Bristol Avon forms the north boundary ...

, a civil parish *

Norton, Worcestershire Norton is a village in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, from the boundary of the City of Worcester, England. The village sits within the Norton Juxta Kempsey civil parish and is split in two by the M5 motorway, with the original villa ...

, a village near Worcester * Norton, east Worcestershire, a

near Evesham, Worcestershire *

Norton, Buckland and Stone Norton, Buckland and Stone is a small rural civil parish east of Teynham and west of the centre of Faversham in the borough of Swale, Kent, England. It is bypassed by the M2 to the south and traverses the historic A2, on the route of the Roma ...

, Kent, a civil parish *

Norton Camp Norton Camp is a Bronze Age hill fort at Norton Fitzwarren near Taunton in Somerset, England. Background Hill forts developed in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age, roughly the start of the 1st millennium BC. The reason for their emergence in ...

, a Bronze Age hill fort in Somerset *

Norton in Hales Norton in Hales is a village and parish in Shropshire, England. It lies on the A53 between the town of Market Drayton and Woore, Shropshire's most northeasterly village and parish. Staffordshire is to the east of the parish and Cheshire to the ...

, a village and parish in Shropshire *

Norton-in-the-Moors Norton le Moors is in the north-east of the city of Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England, mostly within the city boundary, with the rest in the Staffordshire Moorlands district. Geography The suburb borders Ball Green in the north, Stockt ...

, an area of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire *

Norton Juxta Twycross Norton Juxta Twycross, usually known as simply "Norton" ''(or "Norton-Juxta")'', is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Twycross, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. The village i ...

, a village in Leicestershire *

Norton-le-Clay Norton-le-Clay is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near the A1(M) motorway and north-west of Boroughbridge. It is one of the Thankful Villages Thankful Villages (also known as B ...

, a village and parish in North Yorkshire *

Norton-on-Derwent Norton-on-Derwent, commonly referred to as simply Norton, is a town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. Norton borders the market town of Malton, and is separated from it by the River Derwent. The 2001 Censu ...

, a town and parish in North Yorkshire *

Norton Rural District (Yorkshire) Norton was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974. It was based on the small town of Norton-on-Derwent, and was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Malton rural sanitary district which was ...

, a former local government area *

Norton St Philip Norton St Philip is a village and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The village lies about south of the city of Bath and north of the town of Frome on the eastern slopes of the Mendip Hills. It is situated on the A366 b ...

, civil parish in Somerset * Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, a civil parish *

Chipping Norton Chipping Norton is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswold Hills in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England, about south-west of Banbury and north-west of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the civil parish population as ...

, West Oxfordshire, a civil parish *

King's Norton Kings Norton, alternatively King's Norton, is an area of Birmingham, England. Historically in Worcestershire, it was also a Birmingham City Council ward within the Government of Birmingham, England. The district lies 6.5 miles south-southwes ...

, Birmingham, a town *

King's Norton, Leicestershire King's Norton is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. It is situated to the east of Leicester, and about south-west from Billesdon. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 69. ...

, a village and civil parish *

Wood Norton, Norfolk Wood Norton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located east of Fakenham and north-west of Norwich. The villages name means 'North farm/settlement'. 'Wood' to distinguish from Pudding Norton. The civil parish ...

, a village and civil parish

Wales

* Norton, Monmouthshire, a

Norton, Powys Norton is a village in Powys within the historic boundaries of Radnorshire, Wales. In 1086, Norton was recorded as a settlement within the hundred of Leintwardine and in the county of Shropshire in the Domesday Book. Norton is approximately ...

, a village * Norton, Swansea, a settlement in Mumbles * Norton, Penrice, a

in Swansea

United States

Norton, Arizona Norton is a location in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is located in the northeast San Cristobal Valley The San Cristobal Valley is a valley in the lower regions of the western Gila River Valley in southwestern Arizona in the western S ...

, a populated place *

Norton, Indiana Norton is an unincorporated community in Dubois and Orange counties, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. It ...

, an unincorporated community *

Norton County, Kansas Norton County (standard abbreviation: NT) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 5,459. The largest city and county seat is Norton. The county was established in 1867 and named for Orl ...

Norton, Kansas Norton is a city in, and the county seat of, Norton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,747. History Norton was founded in 1872. Like the county, it was named for Capt. Orloff Norton. The f ...

, a city and the county seat *

Nortonville, Kentucky Nortonville is a home rule-class city in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 1,204 as of the 2010 census. History Nortonville owes its existence to the railroad industry and is named for Eckstein Norton, a Kentuck ...

, originally established as Norton *

Norton, Massachusetts Norton is a New England town, town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, and contains the villages of Norton Center, Massachusetts, Norton Center and Chartley, Massachusetts, Chartley. The population was ...

, a town *

Norton, Missouri Norton is an unincorporated community in Saline County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. History Norton was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United ...

, an unincorporated community *

Norton, New Jersey Norton is an unincorporated community located within Union Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Norton is located on County Route 635, approximately northwest of Interstate 78. The village is included in the Van Syckel Corner District, whi ...

, an unincorporated community *

Norton, Ohio Norton is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 12,085 at the 2010 census and 11,996 at the 2019 estimate. All but a small portion of the city is in Summit County and is part of the Akron metropolitan area; a part extends into ...

, a city * Norton, Texas, an unincorporated community *

Norton, Vermont Norton is a New England town, town in Essex County, Vermont, Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 153 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Berlin, New Hampshire, Berlin, New Hampshire, NH–VT ...

, a town *

Norton, Virginia Norton is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in the far western tip of the state in Wise County, Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,687, making it the least populous city in Virginia. The Bureau of E ...

, a city *

Norton, West Virginia Norton is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. Norton is west of Elkins, at the junction of County Route 151 and Corridor H. Norton had a post office, which closed on November 12, 2011. It is a former coa ...

, an unincorporated community * Norton, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Norton, Yolo County, California, an unincorporated community *

Norton Air Force Base Norton Air Force Base (1942–1994) was a United States Air Force facility east of downtown San Bernardino in San Bernardino County, California. Overview For the majority of its operational lifetime, Norton was a logistics depot and heavy-li ...

, California * Norton Bay, Alaska *

Norton Reservoir The Norton Reservoir is a lake/reservoir/pond within the towns of Norton and Mansfield, in southeastern Massachusetts. The Rumford River The Rumford River is a small river in southeastern Massachusetts, United States, that is a tributary of the ...

, Massachusetts *

Norton Sound Norton Sound (russian: Нортон-Саунд) is an inlet of the Bering Sea on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula. It is about 240 km (150 mi) long and 200 km (125 mi) wide. The Yukon ...

, Alaska, an inlet of the Bering Sea *

Norton Township (disambiguation) Norton Township may refer to: *Norton Township, Kankakee County, Illinois *Norton Township, Jefferson County, Kansas *Norton Township, Winona County, Minnesota *Norton Township, Walsh County, North Dakota *Norton Township, Summit County, Ohio {{ge ...

Elsewhere

Norton, Sri Lanka Norton is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province. See also *List of towns in Central Province, Sri Lanka Central Province is a province of Sri Lanka, containing the Kandy District, Matale District, and Nuwara Eliya Dist ...

, a village *

Norton, Zimbabwe Norton is a commuter town in the province of Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe near Harare. It is located about 40 km west of Harare on the main road and railway line connecting Harare and Bulawayo. Demographics According to the 1982 Population Ce ...

, a town *

Norton Street, Leichhardt Norton Street is in the suburb of Leichhardt in Sydney, Australia. It is located 5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the main commercial street in the suburb. Norton Street contains a mix of residential buildi ...

, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *

Chipping Norton, New South Wales Chipping Norton is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Chipping Norton is 27 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the Gr ...

, Sydney, Australia

People and fictional characters

Norton (given name) Norton is the given name of: People * Norton Bush (1834-1894), American landscape painter * Norton Clapp (1906–1995), American businessman, chairman of the Weyerhaeuser Corporation * Norton Garfinkle (born 1931), economist, businessman and publi ...

Norton (surname) Norton is a surname with origin from the basic Early English ''norþ + tun'', meaning North settlement (cf Weston, Sutton and Easton for other surnames derived from points of the compass). There are many English villages called Norton or inclu ...

Music

Norton (band) Norton is an indie rock band formed in Castelo Branco, Portugal, Castelo Branco, Portugal. They have released five albums to date and toured all over Europe and Japan. History 2003: Make Me Sound E.P. In April 2003 the EP Make Me Sound'' w ...

, indie rock band from Portugal *

Norton Records Norton Records, is an independent record label founded by musicians Miriam Linna and Billy Miller in 1986. The label concentrates on rock, rockabilly, primitive music, punk, garage rock and early rhythm and blues.Norton (Symantec) Norton, formerly known as Norton by Symantec, is a brand of Gen Digital (formerly NortonLifeLock) based in Tempe, Arizona. Since being acquired by the Symantec Corporation in 1990, Norton offers a variety of products and services related to digit ...

, the computer security division of Symantec *

Norton Abrasives Norton Abrasives of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA is the world's largest manufacturer and supplier of abrasives for commercial applications, household, and automotive refinishing usage. Norton Company was founded in 1885 by a group of ceramists ...

Norton Healthcare Norton Healthcare is a Kentucky health care system with more than 40 clinics and hospitals in and around Louisville, Kentucky. The hospital and health care system is the Louisville area's third largest private employer, located at more than 140 l ...

, a healthcare system in Louisville, Kentucky *

Norton Motorcycle Company The Norton Motorcycle Company (formerly Norton Motors, Ltd.) is a brand of motorcycles, originally based in Birmingham, England. For some years around 1990, the rights to use the name on motorcycles was owned by North American financiers. From ...

, a British motorcycle manufacturer * W. W. Norton & Company, an American book publishing corporation

Titles

Baron Norton Baron Norton, of Norton-on-the-Moors in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1878 for the Conservative politician and former President of the Board of Trade, Sir Charles Adderley. He was su ...

, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom *

Norton baronets There are four extinct baronetcies created for persons with the surname Norton: two in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. The Norton Baronetcy, of Rotherfield in the County of Sou ...

, four titles, all extinct

Other uses

Norton (grape) Norton, is grown in the Midwestern United States, Mid-Atlantic States, northeastern Georgia. DNA data are consistent with 'Norton' being a hybrid with ancestry including ''V. aestivalis'' and ''V. vinifera''. Norton was first cultivated in Rich ...

, a variety of grape also known as Cynthiana *

Norton tradition The Norton tradition is an archaeological culture that developed in the Western Arctic along the Alaskan shore of the Bering Strait around 1000 BC and lasted through about 800 AD. The Norton people used flake-stone tools like their predecessors, ...

, an archaeological culture from the North American Arctic *

Norton's theorem In direct-current circuit theory, Norton's theorem, also called the Mayer–Norton theorem, is a simplification that can be applied to networks made of linear time-invariant resistances, voltage sources, and current sources. At a pair of term ...

in electronics *''

Norton's Star Atlas {{refimprove, date=August 2015 ''Norton's Star Atlas'' is a set of 16 celestial charts, first published in 1910 and currently in its 20th edition under the editorship of Ian Ridpath. The ''Star Atlas'' covers the entire northern and southern sky, ...

'', a set of 16 celestial charts