Place:Over Norton, Oxfordshire, England

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Over Norton is a village and civil parish in the West Oxfordshire District of Oxfordshire, England, about 1 mile (2 km) north of the town of Chipping Norton.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Over Norton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"NORTON (Over), a hamlet in Chipping-Norton parish, Oxford; ¾ of a mile N by E of Chipping-Norton. Acres: 1,350. Real property: £3,228. Population: 373. Houses: 86. The manor belongs to H. Dawkins, Esq."

Research Tips

• This part of Oxfordshire is not covered by the Victoria County History of Oxfordshire.
• Oxfordshire History Centre, St Luke's Church, Temple Road, Oxford, OX4 2HT
• Oxfordshire FHS covers the whole county. The Family History Society provides an interactive map to assist in locating individual parishes and also relates the society's progress in transcribing parish registers and gravestone information for that particular parish. Browse the website to see what else the society can provide.
• Further information from GENUKI
• Ordnance Survey map of Oxfordshire 1900 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• Ordnance Survey map of Oxfordshire 1944 provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
• English Jurisdictions 1851, a parish finding aid provided by FamilySearch, particularly helpful in large towns and cities.