NORTON (COLD), a parish in the hundred of
DENGIE, county of ESSEX, 5 miles (S.) from Maldonr
containing 226 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of London,
rated in the king's books at £16. 13. 4., and in the
patronage of the Governors of the Charter-house, London.
The church, dedicated to St. Stephen, stands on
a hill.