Norton, Gloucestershire

Norton
St Mary's Church, Prior's Norton, Gloucestershire
Norton  Norton shown within Gloucestershire
Population	439
OS grid reference	SO856241
Civil parish	Norton
District	Tewkesbury
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Gloucester
Postcode district	GL2
Dialling code	01684
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Tewkesbury
List of places UK England Gloucestershire

Coordinates: 51°54′55″N 2°12′37″W / 51.915402°N 2.210343°W / 51.915402; -2.210343

Norton is a civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire.

Overview

The main settlements in the parish are the three hamlets of Norton (sometimes called Cold Elm Norton), Bishop's Norton and Prior's Norton.^[1]

The parish is bisected by the main A38 road that connects Gloucester and Tewkesbury, Bishop's Norton lying to its west and Prior's Norton to its east. Norton formerly lay on the road but is now bypassed. For the purposes of local government the parish forms part of the Tewkesbury (borough)

The village has a small school (Norton Church of England Primary School), village hall, two pubs (The King's Head and The Red Lion) and a church.

The parish of Norton had a population of 439 according to the 2011 census.^[2]

Governance

Norton falls in 'Coombe Hill' electoral ward. This ward stretches from Deerhurst in the north to the edge of Gloucester. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 4,545.^[3]

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