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James How’s General Store in Norton - 1721
Present day Norton residents might be interested to discover that in the early 1700s Norton had a ‘shop’ or general store owned by an Appleby farmer, which stocked a great range of useful goods.
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Frederick Bowens Diaries
A villager called Frederick Bowen kept a series of diaries from 1881 until 1920. He was a farm labourer and miller.
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Two outstanding personalities

William Whiston and Sir John Moore.
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Extracts from Hinckley Times

Article by Arthur Tomlin on 7th January 1993 Norton was probably created by Anglo-Saxons in the 6th -7th C. Norton is believed to be derived from North Tun, Tun being Anglo-Saxon for settlement.

The Saxon king Eldred granted Norton a Royal Charter in 951. At that time it was known as Northton.

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History introduction
Norton was probably created by Anglo-Saxons in the 6th -7th C. Norton is believed to be derived from North Tun, Tun being Anglo-Saxon for settlement. In the Domesday Book of 1086, Nortone was recorded to have 6 ploughlands. The great historian William Burton referred to a letter he had found which stated: “I was looking for antiquities around this church when I found in a corner an old piece of a pair of organs and upon the end of every key was a carving of a boar.” It seemed a remarkable coincidence that at this period the village had changed its name to Hoggs (Hogges) Norton.
 
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101 - Police non-emergency phone number

101 is the number to call when you want to contact your local police - when it’s less urgent than a 999 call. 101 is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

http://www.police.uk/101

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Please Please Please... Clean up after your dog

"If you allow your dog to foul in any public place and do not clean it up you may be liable, on conviction, to a fine of upto £1,000"

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council

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Twycross Parish Council
 
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