Place:Norton-in-the-Moors, Staffordshire, England

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NameNorton-in-the-Moors
Alt namesNorton-le-Moorssource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeTownship, Village, Civil parish
Coordinates53.06°N 2.163°W
Located inStaffordshire, England
See alsoNorth Pirehill Hundred, Staffordshire, Englandhundred of which the parish was a part
Leek, Staffordshire, Englandancient parish in which Norton-in-the-Moors was a township
Smallthorne, Staffordshire, Englandurban district into which part was transferred 1894-1922
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Englandcounty borough into which that part was absorbed in 1922
Leek Rural, Staffordshire, Englandrural district in which the remainder was located 1894-1974
Brown Edge, Staffordshire, Englandname change for part of the parish remaining in Leek Rural District 1967?
Staffordshire Moorlands (district), Staffordshire, Englanddistrict municipality in which that remainder has been located since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

The ecclesiastical parish of Norton-le-Moors is located in the north-east of the city of Stoke-On-Trent, in the county of Staffordshire. The majority of the parish is in the city, however some lies in the Staffordshire Moorlands district. The church is approximately 3.4 miles (5.5 km) north of Hanley, one of six major towns that joined together to form the city of Stoke-on-Trent in 1910. Norton le Moors borders Ball Green in the north, Stockton Brook in the east, Milton in the south, and Bradeley in the west, making it one of a number of small villages in the Stoke area.

The civil parish of Norton-le-Moors was established in 1837 and was abolished in 1965 to be incorporated into the parishes of Bagnall, Brown Edge and Stoke-on-Trent. Two years later [i.e., 1967?) Norton Parish Council obtained permission to change its name to Brown Edge Parish Council. Norton-le-Moors appears in the Robert de Stafford Book of 1086 as Nortone, meaning "North town". At the time of the Domesday Survey the village was held by Robert de Stafford. During the Middle Ages the area developed due to its location on the road from Leek to Burslem, which was later turned turnpiked as the Leek to Newcastle-under-Lyme road.

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Population

In 2001, the population for the ward of Norton and Bradeley stood at 11,157. However, the population for Norton le Moors itself has significantly changed over time. The UK national census revealed that in 1801 the total population for the parish was 1,480 and up until 1891 the population continued to increase. In 1901 the population of the parish had dropped from 9,919 in 1891 to 4,600, a drop of 5,319 people. The population started to increase again for the next 20 years until there was a decline in 1931. Since then the population has been steadily increasing.

See also Smallthorne and Stoke-on-Trent.

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