Norton

plural Nortons

1. Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
   1. countableuncountableA suburb of Runcorn, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5582).
   2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Hartland parish, Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS2625).
   3. countableuncountableA hamlet in Dartmouth parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8551).
   4. countableuncountableA suburban area in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4422).

      Synonyms: Norton-on-Tees

   5. countableuncountableA hamlet in South Heighton parish, Lewes district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ4701).
   6. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8524).
   7. countableuncountableA suburban village in north-east Letchworth Garden City, North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2334).
   8. countableuncountableA settlement in Freshwater parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ3489).
   9. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP6063).
   10. countableuncountableA village in Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, previously in Norton and Cuckney parish (OS grid ref SK5772).
   11. countableuncountableA hamlet in Culmington parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4681).
   12. countableuncountableA settlement in Stockton parish, east Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7200).
   13. countableuncountableA hamlet in Wroxeter and Uppington parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5609).
   14. countableuncountableA hamlet in Kewstoke parish, North Somerset, Somerset, just north of Weston-super-Mare (OS grid ref ST3463).
   15. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5415).
   16. countableuncountableA southern suburb of the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3682).
   17. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL9565).
   18. countableuncountableA suburb of Stourbridge, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO8982).
   19. countableuncountableA settlement in Aldingbourne parish, Arun district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU9206).
   20. countableuncountableA hamlet in Selsey parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SZ8695).
   21. countableuncountableA small village and civil parish (without a council) in north-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8884).
   22. countableuncountableA village in Norton and Lenchwick parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0447).
   23. countableuncountableA village in Norton-juxta-Kempsey parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, the location of Norton Barracks (OS grid ref SO8751).
   24. countableuncountableA hamlet in Skenfrith community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO4420).
   25. countableuncountableA village in Presteigne community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO3067).
   26. countableuncountableA suburb in Mumbles community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS6618).
   27. countableuncountableA hamlet in Penrice community, City and County of Swansea (OS grid ref SS4986).
   28. countableuncountableA civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
   29. countableuncountableA rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69.
   30. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Norton County, Kansas, United States.
   31. countableuncountableA town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
2. countableuncountableAn English habitational surname from Old English from any of these places.
3. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.

plural Nortons

1. A motorcycle from the Norton Motorcycle Company, a British manufacturer.
2. A book, especially an anthology, from the publisher Norton, especially if used as a textbook.