NORTON (KING'S), a parish comprising the chapelry
of Stretton Parva and part of that of Illston on
the Hill, and the township of King's Norton, in the.
hundred of GARTREE, county of LEICESTER, and containing
199 inhabitants, of which number, 71 are in
the township of King's Norton, 7 miles (E.S.E.) from
Leicester. The'living is a discharged .vicarage, in the
archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln, rated
in the king's books at £7, and in the patronage of
Henry Greene, Esq. The church is dedicated to St.
John the Baptist.