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Norton, North Yorkshire

Norton-on-Derwent
Victorian terrace, Langton Road - geograph.org.uk - 1143791.jpg
A Victorian terrace in Norton
Norton-on-Derwent is located in North Yorkshire
Norton-on-Derwent
Norton-on-Derwent
Norton-on-Derwent shown within North Yorkshire
Population 7,387 
OS grid reference SE795714
• London 150 mi (240 km) S
Civil parish
  • Norton-on-Derwent
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MALTON
Postcode district YO17
Dialling code 01653
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54°07′55″N 0°46′59″W / 54.132°N 0.783°W / 54.132; -0.783Coordinates: 54°07′55″N 0°46′59″W / 54.132°N 0.783°W / 54.132; -0.783

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 Census gave the population of the parish as 6,943, increasing at the 2011 Census to 7,387.

The name Norton is derive from "north farmstead or village", being a settlement to the north of another.

In the Domesday Book Norton is listed three times, as "Nortone" in the Scard Hundred of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

At the foot of the bridge between Norton and Malton in the reign of Henry II was a hospital dedicated to St Nicholas, founded by Roger de Flamvill, and governed by the canons of Malton. In 1823 Norton was in the Wapentake of Buckrose and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Population at the time was 1017. Occupations included five farmers, one of whom was also a lime burner, two blacksmiths, four butchers, six grocers, five shoemakers, three tailors, two horse jockeys, a horse trainer, three raff merchants (dealers in lumber and odd refuse), two schoolmasters, a corn miller, saddler, stonemason, linen draper, cabinet maker, roper, gardener, fellmonger, wheelwright, overseer, and surgeon, and the landlords of The Bay Horse, and The Oak Tree public houses. Resident were fifteen members of the gentry.


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