NORTON, a parish in the upper division of the
hundred of DUDSTONE-and-KING'S-BARTON, county of
GLOUCESTER, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Gloucester,
containing 349 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester,
endowed with £400 royal bounty, and £400 parliamentary
grant, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter
of Bristol. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a
small structure, principally in the later English style.