NORTON-under-CANNOCK, a parish in the southern division of the hundred of OFFLOW, county of STAFFORD, 8 miles ("W. by S.) from Lichfield, containing, with the township of Little Wyrley, 669 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Prebendary of Hansacre and Harmitage in the Cathedral Church of Lichfield, endowed with £200 royal bounty, and £1400 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Prebendary of Alrewas in the Cathedral Church of Lichfield. The church, dedicated to St. Margaret, is an ancient structure, much dilapidated. The Essington and Wyrley canal passes through the parish, which abounds with excellent coal. Richard Gildart and Phineas Hussey, in 1776, founded a school, and endowed it with an estate now producing £20 a year, for teaching poor children.. There is also a Sunday school for children, who are clothed and educated by voluntary contributions.