Norton may refer to:
Places
Norton, meaning 'north settlement' in Old English, is a common place name. Places named Norton include:
Canada
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Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69
The Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 2 and Division No. 2. It is located in the southeast portion of the province.
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, Saskatchewan
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Norton Parish, New Brunswick
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Norton, New Brunswick, a village
United Kingdom
England
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Norton, Runcorn
Norton is an area in the eastern part of the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It was originally a separate community some to the east of Runcorn, but in the 1970s and 1980s became absorbed within Runcorn by the expansion of its new town.
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, Cheshire, a district
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Norton, South Hams, a
location in Devon
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Norton, Torridge, a
location in Devon
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Norton, County Durham
Norton is a market town in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England.
It stands on higher ground to the south, further away from the River Tees than Stockton town centre. They are small areas west of the area called Roseworth and ...
, an area of Stockton-on-Tees
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Norton, East Sussex, a
location
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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 is ...
, a civil parish
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Norton, Hampshire, a hamlet near Sutton Scotney
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Norton, Herefordshire
Norton is a civil parish in north-east Herefordshire, England, and is approximately north-east from the city and county town of Hereford. The closest town is Bromyard, conjoined to the parish at the south-west. The parish includes the elevated ...
, a civil parish near Bromyard
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Norton, Hertfordshire
Norton is a small village and former civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, one of the three original villages which were absorbed into Letchworth Garden City, the other two being Willian and Old Letchworth. The village is known to have existed ...
, a village
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Norton, Isle of Wight, a
location
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Norton, Kent
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 ...
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Norton, Northamptonshire, a village
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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 orig ...
, a village
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Norton, Culmington, a
location in Shropshire
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Norton, Stockton, Shropshire, a
location in Shropshire
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Norton, Wroxeter and Uppington, a
location in Shropshire
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Norton, Somerset, a
location
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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
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Norton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, a district
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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
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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 now k ...
, West Midlands, a suburb and council ward in the town of Stourbridge
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Norton, Arun, a
location in West Sussex
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Norton, Chichester, a
location in West Sussex
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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
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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
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Norton, east Worcestershire, a
location near Evesham, Worcestershire
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Norton-on-Derwent, a town and parish in North Yorkshire
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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
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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
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Norton-sub-Hamdon
Norton-sub-Hamdon is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the South Somerset district of the English county of Somerset, situated five miles west of Yeovil. The village has a population of 743.
The village of Chiselborough i ...
, Somerset, a civil parish
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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
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King's Norton, Birmingham, a town
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King's Norton, Leicestershire, a village and civil parish
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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
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Norton, Monmouthshire, a
location
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Norton, Powys, a village
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Norton, Swansea, a settlement in Mumbles
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Norton, Penrice, a
location in Swansea
United States
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Norton, Arizona, a populated place
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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
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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 ...
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Norton, Kansas, a city and the county seat
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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
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Norton, Massachusetts, a town
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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
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Norton, New Jersey, an unincorporated community
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Norton, Ohio, a city
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Norton, Texas, an unincorporated community
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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
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Norton, Virginia, a city
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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
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Norton, Wisconsin
The Town"Towns" in Wisconsin perform most of the same functions as townships in many other states. see 'Wisconsin Blue Book 2022,' Town, pp 354-355 of Tainter is a town in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,116 at the 200 ...
, an unincorporated community
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Norton, Yolo County, California
Norton (formerly, Ely) is an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately ...
, an unincorporated community
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Norton Air Force Base, California
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Norton Bay
Norton Bay (''Kaŋiiqusuk'' in Inupiaq) is a waterway classified bay located on the northeastern part of the Norton Sound, on the Seward Peninsula in the Nome Census Area of the Bering Sea of the U.S. state of Alaska. The mouths of several rivers ...
, Alaska
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Norton Reservoir, Massachusetts
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Norton Sound, Alaska, an inlet of the Bering Sea
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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
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Elsewhere
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Norton, Sri Lanka, a village
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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
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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
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Chipping Norton, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
People and fictional characters
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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 ...
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Norton (surname)
Music
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Norton (band)
Norton is an indie rock band formed in 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'' was released and it is con ...
, indie rock band from Portugal
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Norton Records, a record label
Brands and enterprises
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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
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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 ...
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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
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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
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W. W. Norton & Company, an American book publishing corporation
Titles
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Baron Norton, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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Norton baronets, four titles, all extinct
Other uses
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Norton (grape), a variety of grape also known as Cynthiana
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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
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Norton's theorem in electronics
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Norton's Star Atlas'', a set of 16 celestial charts
See also
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Naughton
Naughton ( or ) is an Irish Gaelic surname derived from the name Ó Neachtain meaning 'descendant of Nechtan'. A Sept of the Dal gCais of the same stock as Quinn and Hartigan where located in Inchiquin Barony, County Clare.
Another O'Neachtai ...
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Norton House (disambiguation) Norton House may refer to:
;in England
*Norton House (Somerset), now-demolished Georgian mansion in Midsomer Norton, Somerset.
;in United States
*Norton House (Yuma, Arizona), National Register of Historic Places listings in Yuma County, Arizona, ...
, various buildings
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Nortonville (disambiguation) Nortonville may refer to:
* Nortonville, California
* Nortonville, Kansas
* 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
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