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Second World War Bombings |
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Our neighouring village Appleby Magna has some interesting history details about the local area: 
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 The Rectory Norton The village school closed in the 1940s but the Post Office still remained open until only a few years ago.  Village Hall Demolition
Our new village hall was built in 1994 after years of hard work fundraising by a hard core of villagers Full gallery The village once had a windmill and also a pinfold where stray animals were kept until the appropriate fee for their release was paid.  Hentons Tractors The engines were manned by drivers who, in the summer months, drove Pat Collins’ fairground steam engines and during the winter months operated the threshing engines |
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16th and 17th Century Norton |
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John Nichols’ monumental, four-volume History and Antiquities of Leicestershire (building upon an earlier work by William Burton) provides several pages of fascinating information relating to the history of Norton. |
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 Charles Jennens  Gopsall South wing Charles Jennens died childless and left his estate to his niece, and it came by marriage to Penn Asheton Curzon whose son was created the First Lord Howe. The Second Lord Howe was MP for South Leicestershire from 1857 to 1870. Earl Howe built the school, the schoolhouse and the alms houses in Norton in 1839 with the majority of the village belonging to the Gopsall Estate. Gopsall Hall Gallery Englands Lost Country Houses - Gopsall Hall |
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