NORTON-CANON, a parish in the hundred of GRIMSWORTH, county of HEREFORD, 3 miles (S.S.W.) from Weobley, containing 34? inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean of Hereford, rated in the king's books at £5, and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. A court leet is annually held here. There is a small school, endowed by a Mr. Barnett with about £8 a year.