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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.[1]

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  1. 45 relations: Ancient Rome, Anglo-Saxons, Anno Domini, Baldock, Bronze Age, Change ringing, Chapel of ease, Church bell, Church of St George, Letchworth, Church of St Nicholas, Norton, Civil parish, Dissolution of the monasteries, Domesday Book, Gipsy Smith, Gospel, Great Britain, Great Britain Historical GIS, Hertfordshire, Hitchin, Hitchin Rural District, Hundred (county division), Iron Age, Letchworth, List of hundreds of England, Local board of health, Local Government Act 1894, Local Government Act 1972, Lychgate, Mercia, Middle Ages, Neolithic, North East Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency), North Hertfordshire, Norton School, Offa of Mercia, Parish, Poor law union, Pulpit, Saint Nicholas, Smallpox, St Albans, St Albans Cathedral, United States, Urban district (England and Wales), Willian, Hertfordshire.

  2. Former civil parishes in Hertfordshire
  3. Letchworth

Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons, the English or Saxons of Britain, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.

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Anno Domini

The terms anno Domini. (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

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Baldock

Baldock is a historic market town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. Norton, Hertfordshire and Baldock are former civil parishes in Hertfordshire.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.

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Change ringing

Change ringing is the art of ringing a set of tuned bells in a tightly controlled manner to produce precise variations in their successive striking sequences, known as "changes".

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Chapel of ease

A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently, generally due to distance away.

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Church bell

A church bell is a bell in a church building designed to be heard outside the building.

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Church of St George, Letchworth

St George's Church is an Anglican church of modern design in the Parish of Norton in Letchworth Garden City in Hertfordshire. Norton, Hertfordshire and church of St George, Letchworth are Letchworth.

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Church of St Nicholas, Norton

The Church of St Nicholas in Norton in Hertfordshire was originally the parish church for the village of Norton, which today has become a suburb of Letchworth Garden City. Norton, Hertfordshire and church of St Nicholas, Norton are Letchworth.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government.

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Dissolution of the monasteries

The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.

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Gipsy Smith

Rodney "Gipsy" Smith MBE (31 March 1860 – 4 August 1947) was a British evangelist who conducted evangelistic campaigns in the United States and Great Britain for over 70 years.

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Gospel

Gospel (εὐαγγέλιον; evangelium) originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was reported.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Great Britain Historical GIS

The Great Britain Historical GIS (or GBHGIS) is a spatially enabled database that documents and visualises the changing human geography of the British Isles, although is primarily focussed on the subdivisions of the United Kingdom mainly over the 200 years since the first census in 1801.

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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (or; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties.

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Hitchin

Hitchin is a market town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. Norton, Hertfordshire and Hitchin are former civil parishes in Hertfordshire.

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Hitchin Rural District

Hitchin Rural District was a rural district in Hertfordshire, England from 1894 to 1974, covering an area in the north of the county.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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Letchworth

Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. Norton, Hertfordshire and Letchworth are former civil parishes in Hertfordshire.

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List of hundreds of England

Most of the counties of England were divided into hundreds or wapentakes from the late Anglo-Saxon period and these were, with a few exceptions, effectively abandoned as administrative divisions in the 19th century.

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Local board of health

A local board of health (or simply a local board) was a local authority in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894.

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Local Government Act 1894

The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London.

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Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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Lychgate

A lychgate (from Old English līc, corpse) or resurrection gate is a covered gateway found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard.

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Mercia

Mercia (Miercna rīċe, "kingdom of the border people"; Merciorum regnum) was one of the three main Anglic kingdoms founded after Sub-Roman Britain was settled by Anglo-Saxons in an era called the Heptarchy.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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North East Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Hertfordshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Chris Hinchliff of the Labour Party.

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North Hertfordshire

North Hertfordshire is one of ten local government districts in the county of Hertfordshire, England.

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Norton School

Norton School was a secondary school in Letchworth, Hertfordshire that was founded in 1905 and which closed in 2002 following a period of being in special measures. Norton, Hertfordshire and Norton School are Letchworth.

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Offa of Mercia

Offa (died 29 July 796 AD) was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death in 796.

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Parish

A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese.

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Poor law union

A poor law union was a geographical territory, and early local government unit, in Great Britain and Ireland.

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Pulpit

A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church.

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Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas of Myra (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from the maritime city of Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey) during the time of the Roman Empire.

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Smallpox

Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus.

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St Albans

St Albans is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. Norton, Hertfordshire and st Albans are former civil parishes in Hertfordshire.

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St Albans Cathedral

St Albans Cathedral, officially the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, also known as "the Abbey", is a Church of England cathedral in St Albans, England.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Urban district (England and Wales)

In England and Wales, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area.

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Willian, Hertfordshire

Willian is a village and former civil parish, adjoining the town of Letchworth, in the North Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. Norton, Hertfordshire and Willian, Hertfordshire are former civil parishes in Hertfordshire, Letchworth and villages in Hertfordshire.

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See also

Former civil parishes in Hertfordshire

Letchworth

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton,_Hertfordshire