East Norton

East Norton
East Norton is located in Leicestershire
East Norton
East Norton
Location within Leicestershire
Population94 (2001)
OS grid referenceSK785005
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLEICESTER
Postcode districtLE7
Dialling code0116
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
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Leicestershire
52°35′45″N 0°50′34″W / 52.5959°N 0.8427°W / 52.5959; -0.8427

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.[1]

The village's name means 'northern farm/settlement'.[2]

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.[3]

  1. ^ Village website
  2. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ Morgan, Tom. "East Norton". Thankful Villages. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2010.