page_title: Norton, Suffolk
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Norton, Suffolk / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The Dog, Norton. This attractive pub and the war memorial stand at the crossroads on the A1088.
context_page_description: Norton is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. The name Norton means northern town or farm. Located close to the A14, its nearest railway station is at Elmswell, just over 3 miles away. The closest towns are Stowmarket 8 miles away and Bury St Edmunds, around 10 miles away.
context_section_description: The village once formed part of Blackbourn Hundred, which appears in the Domesday Book. Its agricultural past is reflected in the number of listed buildings in the village today that are former barns, stables and cartlodges. An 1870s gazetteer of Britain describes the parish as comprising 2,449 acres and having a population of 948. It also mentions it as a meet for the Suffolk fox hounds.
caption: View to Norton pub
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