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, Saskatchewan
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Norton Parish, New Brunswick
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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
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Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, a district
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Norton, South Hams, a
location
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in Devon
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Norton, Torridge, a
location
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in Devon
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Norton, County Durham, 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 ...
, a civil parish
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Norton, Hampshire, a hamlet near Sutton Scotney
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Norton, Herefordshire, a civil parish near Bromyard
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Norton, Hertfordshire, a village
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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
location
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Norton, Kent
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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 ...
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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 ori ...
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Norton, Culmington, a
location
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in Shropshire
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Norton, Stockton, Shropshire, a
location
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in Shropshire
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Norton, Wroxeter and Uppington, a
location
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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 no ...
, West Midlands, a suburb and council ward in the town of Stourbridge
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Norton, Arun, a
location
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in West Sussex
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Norton, Chichester, a
location
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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 bounda ...
, 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 vill ...
, a village near Worcester
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Norton, east Worcestershire, a
location
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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 R ...
, Kent, a civil parish
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Norton Camp, 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, Stockto ...
, 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
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
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Norton Rural District (Yorkshire), a former local government area
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Norton St Philip, civil parish in Somerset
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Norton-sub-Hamdon
Norton-sub-Hamdon is a village and 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 is to the south, and the ...
, 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 ...
, West Oxfordshire, a civil parish
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King's Norton
Kings Norton, alternatively King's Norton, is an area of Birmingham, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in Worcestershire, it was also a Birmingham City Council ward (politics), ward within the Government of Birmingham, Engl ...
, Birmingham, a town
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King's Norton, Leicestershire, a village and civil parish
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Wood Norton, Norfolk, 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
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in Swansea
United States
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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
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Norton, Indiana, 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 O ...
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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
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Nortonville, Kentucky, originally established as Norton
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Norton, Massachusetts
Norton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, and contains the villages of Norton Center and Chartley. The population was 19,202 at the 2020 census. Home of Wheaton College, Norton hosts the Dell Technologies Championship ...
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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
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, an unincorporated community
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Norton, New Jersey, an unincorporated community
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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 ...
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Norton, Texas, an unincorporated community
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Norton, Vermont
Norton is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 153 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Berlin, NH–VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is located on the Canada–US border, immediately south of Stanho ...
, a town
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Norton, Virginia, a city
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Norton, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
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Norton, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
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Norton, Yolo County, California, 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
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
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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
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Norton Township (disambiguation)
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 build ...
, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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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
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Norton (given name)
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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
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Norton (band), indie rock band from Portugal
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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
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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 ceramist ...
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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.
Fro ...
, 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
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
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Norton (grape), a variety of grape also known as Cynthiana
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Norton tradition, an archaeological culture from the North American Arctic
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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 ...
in electronics
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Norton's Star Atlas
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''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
See also
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Naughton
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Norton House (disambiguation), various buildings
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Nortonville (disambiguation)
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