Norton is a

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in Kings County,

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. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of

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, the village of

Norton 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, New Brunswick, a ...

, and the

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of the parish of Norton, all of which are members of Regional Service Commission 8 (RSC8).

Origin of name

Norton may have been named for

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, near

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, which was the original home of many of the first settlers to this area. Notable is that the names of Kings County's pre-1800 parishes all occur in both

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and

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History

Norton was erected in 1795 from Sussex Parish and

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. In 1844 the boundary with Kingston was adjusted. Writer Emily Elizabeth Shaw Beavan worked in the parish as a young teacher.

Boundaries

Norton Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 149 and 150 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 431, 432, 446, and 447 at same site. *on the west and northwest by a line beginning at the northern bank of the

Kennebecasis River The Kennebecasis River ( ) is a tributary of the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The name Kennebecasis is thought to be derived from the Mi'kmaq "''Kenepekachiachk''", meaning "little long bay place." It runs for approximately ...

, on the western line of a grant to Freedom Burdock, then running northwesterly along the grant line to its westernmost corner, about 150 metres southwest of the Ketchum Road, then northeasterly along the rear line of grants along the Kennebecasis River, including a dogleg away from the river, until it reaches the northernmost corner of a grant to John & Peter Cable, about 1.3 kilometres northeast of Route 845 and near the northern bank of Pickwauket Brook, then northwesterly to the Rogers Road at a point 65

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s (1.3 kilometres) inland of and parallel to the rear line of a tier of grants on the south side of

Belleisle Bay Belleisle Bay is a fjord-like branch of the Saint John River in the Canadian province of New Brunswick Species of fish common to the area include, among others: *Yellow perch *White perch *Smallmouth bass *American eel *Lamprey eel *Pumpkin see ...

, then running northeasterly along the parallel and its prolongation until it meets the Studholm Parish line at Route 124; *on the east by a line running north and south from the mouth of Halfway Brook on the Kennebecasis River, as far south as a point about 75 metres south of Byrnes Brook and 300 metres east-northeasterly of the Byrne Road; *on the south by a line running generally southwesterly following the old Westmorland RoadThe old Westmorland Road was discontinued so long ago that it does not appear on the province's cadastral grant maps. past the Passekeag Road, then northwesterly along the prolongation of the southwestern line and then the line of a grant to John Fritch on the southern side of the Kennebecasis River, then southwesterly along the river to the starting point.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality; ''italics'' indicate a name no longer in official use * Bloomfield (''Bloomfield Station'') * Bloomfield Ridge *Central Norton *Dickie Mountain *

*Lower Norton *Passekeag *Woodpecker Hall *

**Mercer Settlement **Midland **Peekaboo Corner **Southfield Road **Upper Midland

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish: *

*Moosehorn Creek *Passekeag Creek *McManus Lake

Demographics

Parish population total does not include

and the village of

Population

Population trend

Language

Mother tongue (2016)

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas *Highways **none *Principal Routes ** ** *Secondary Routes: ** ** *External Routes: **None

Notes

References

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