The village has traditionally, and historically, been known as "Norton": deriving from the Anglo-Saxon, meaning "North-Town"; with variable spellings including "Northton" and "Nortone". The village's current name was acquired to differentiate the village from the several others in the county named
Norton. "Juxta" is Latin for "near", and
Twycross is a small village approximately 2 miles southeast of Norton. The village of Norton is thought to have been founded in the 8th or 9th century by the Anglo-Saxons. The village is listed as a very small settlement, with only four households, but has a quite large taxable value of 6 geld units. He was struck over the head by a sword, and died in Phillipa's arms.
Holy Trinity Church The Village's parish church is dedicated to The Holy Trinity. The original church was built of wood in the 12th century, and the village acquiring its first rector in 1220, whilst the church's
Advowson was under the control of
Belvoir Priory. It was installed within the church in 1840, and restored in 1980 by John Burns of Nuneaton.
(incomplete) • Ralph de Querendon, -
(resigned 1329) • William de Lobenham, -
(1329 - ) Subdean of Sarum • Robert Bytham, -
(resigned 1421) • Thomas Farmer, -
(c. 1564) • Thomas Royle, -
(died 1609) • Gabriel Rosse, -
(1609 - 1658) • Josiah Whiston, -
(1661 - 1685) • Theophilus Brookes, -
(died 1711) • Reubens Clarke, -
(1711 - 1728) • Lancelot Jackson, -
(1728 - 1745) • John Clayton, -
(31 May 1745 - 1791) • William Carson, -
(27 June 1796 - April 1811) • The Hon. Alfred Curzon, -
(14 October 1829 - ) Son of the 2nd Baron Scarsdale: Lived mainly at Kedlestone, his role filled by a curate. • Andrew Bloxam, -
(c. 1843) a Naturalist who in the 1820s had sailed on botanical expeditions to the South Seas, aboard HMS Blonde) • William Thomas Pearce Mead King, -
(1850) • Thomas Cox, -
(1869) • John Thomas Walker, -
(1877) • Herbert Coke Fowler, -
(1891) • Thomas John Williams-Fisher, -
(1907) • William Callahan, -
(1916) • John Carpenter, -
(1918) Norton Rectory There have been several rectories (earlier known as parsonage houses) at Norton. In 1725 Reverend Reuben Clark built a new rectory, but this had fallen into disrepair by 1797. Molly and the Zoo are famed for her work training
Chimps, most notably for use in the
PG Tips Tea Television advertisements which ran from the 1960s to the 1980s. ==Population==