Norton
/ˈnɔːtən/US/ˈnɔɹtən/
Norton proper noun: a suburb of Runcorn, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5582).
Proper noun
Norton (countable and uncountable, plural Nortons)
- A suburb of Runcorn, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5582).
- A hamlet in Hartland parish, Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS2625).
- A hamlet in Dartmouth parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8551).
- A suburban area in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4422).
- Synonyms:
- Norton-on-Tees
- A hamlet in South Heighton parish, Lewes district, East Sussex (OS grid ref TQ4701).
- A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8524).
- A suburban village in north-east Letchworth Garden City, North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2334).
- A settlement in Freshwater parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ3489).
- A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP6063).
- A village in Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, previously in Norton and Cuckney parish (OS grid ref SK5772).
- A hamlet in Culmington parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4681).
- A settlement in Stockton parish, east Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ7200).
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- A hamlet in Wroxeter and Uppington parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5609).
- A hamlet in Kewstoke parish, North Somerset, Somerset, just north of Weston-super-Mare (OS grid ref ST3463).
- A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5415).
- A southern suburb of the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3682).
- A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TL9565).
- A suburb of Stourbridge, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO8982).
- A settlement in Aldingbourne parish, Arun district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU9206).
- A hamlet in Selsey parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SZ8695).
- A small village and civil parish (without a council) in north-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8884).
- A village in Norton and Lenchwick parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SP0447).
- A village in Norton-juxta-Kempsey parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, the location of Norton Barracks (OS grid ref SO8751).
- A hamlet in Skenfrith community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO4420).
- A village in Presteigne community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO3067).
- A suburb in Mumbles community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS6618).
- A hamlet in Penrice community, City and County of Swansea (OS grid ref SS4986).
- A civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- A rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69.
- A city, the county seat of Norton County, Kansas, United States.
- A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
- An English habitational surname from Old English from any of these places.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
Noun
Norton (plural Nortons)
- A motorcycle from the Norton Motorcycle Company, a British manufacturer.
- A book, especially an anthology, from the publisher Norton, especially if used as a textbook.
Synonyms of Norton
Forms of Norton
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Nortons |
| Noun | |
| plural | Nortons |
Origin of Norton
From Old English norþ (“north”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The parish in New Brunswick is named after Norton, Massachusetts.
Words formed from Norton
- Burnham Norton
- Chipping Norton
- Cold Norton
- East Norton
- Greens Norton
- Hook Norton
- Kings Norton
- King's Norton
- Lower Norton
- Mayer-Norton theorem
- Midsomer Norton
- Norton and Cuckney
- Norton and Lenchwick
- Norton Bridge
- Norton Canes
- Norton Conyers
- Norton Couloir
- Norton County
- Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck
- Norton Fitzwarren
- Norton Hawkfield
- Norton in Hales
- Norton-juxta-Kempsey
- Norton Malreward
- Norton-on-Derwent
- Norton-on-Tees
- Norton's dome
- Norton Shores
- Norton Sound
- Norton St Philip
- Nortonville
Questions about Norton
- What does Norton mean?
- Norton means a suburb of Runcorn, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5582).
- What part of speech is Norton?
- Norton can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Norton?
- Norton is pronounced /ˈnɔɹtən/ (US).
Words near Norton in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Norton (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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