Norton (Stockton) Shropshire Gazetteer 1824

Norton. A township in the parish of Stockton, and in the hundred of Brimstry. In Norton stands the hundred house, where Thomas Whitmore, Esq., the lord of the hundred of Brimstry, holds his half yearly rents. 5 miles north of Bridgnorth.

Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824