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East Norton

Village in Leicestershire, England

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	East Norton
static_image_name	East Norton.jpg
map_type	Leicestershire
coordinates
os_grid_reference	SK785005
population	94
population_ref	(2001)
shire_district	Harborough
shire_county	Leicestershire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Rutland & Melton
post_town	LEICESTER
postcode_area	LE
postcode_district	LE7
dial_code	0116

East Norton is a small village and parish located in the east of Leicestershire, adjoining the A47 Leicester to Uppingham road. According to the 2001 Census, it had a population of 94 in 37 households. The population remained less than 100 at the 2011 census and details are included in the civil parish of Loddington. East Norton is situated in the Tilton Ward in the Rural East area of the Harborough District, and the Launde Electoral Division of the Leicestershire County Council. Nationally it is in the Rutland and Melton Parliamentary Constituency and the Three Cities Sub-Area of the East Midlands Region.

The village's name means 'northern farm/settlement'.

East Norton is one of the 51 Thankful Villages in England and Wales that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918.

References

Village website
"Key to English Place-names".
Morgan, Tom. "East Norton". Thankful Villages.

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