Bishop Norton

For the hamlet called Bishop's Norton, see Norton, Gloucestershire.

Bishop Norton
St Peter's Church, Bishop Norton
Bishop Norton Bishop Norton shown within Lincolnshire
Population	308 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK983925
– London	130 mi (210 km) S
Unitary authority	West Lindsey
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lincoln
Postcode district	LN8
Dialling code	01673
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
List of places UK England Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°25′14″N 0°31′15″W / 53.420475°N 0.520808°W / 53.420475; -0.520808

Bishop Norton is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is approximately 8 miles (13 km) north-west from the market town of Market Rasen, and is close to the A15 road. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 233, including Atterby and increasing to 308 at the 2011 census.^[1]

The village has a Grade II listed church, house and cottage,^[2] and one Grade I listed house, Norton Place.^[3]

The parish church is dedicated to St Peter.^[4]

Norton Place

Norton Place - side front.

The most notable house in Bishop Norton is Norton Place. It is Grade I and is by the York Architect John Carr Norton Place is set on the edge of plantations in former parkland which was laid out in the 1770s. The house was built for John Harrison MP by John Carr in 1776. The main front of the house has a stone south facade of seven bays and has two storeys, the three centre bays more widely spaced beneath a pediment. The entrance is a Doric porch with Venetian window above, and above that in the pediment is a circular light garlanded with foliage and tied up with a bow. The side fronts have deep canted bays, a favourite Carr device, topped with urns. The drawing room has a delicate oval-pattern plaster ceiling with inset Wedgwood plaques depicting antique heads. The stables make a courtyard to the rear. There were some alterations to house in the 1830s by Lewis Vulliamy for Sir Montagu Cholmeley, who was the grandson of John Harrison.^[5]

References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
↑ "Bishop Norton", British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 25 June 2011
↑ "Norton Place, Bishop Norton, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 25 June 2011
↑ "Bishop Norton", Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2011
↑ Heritage Gateway

External links

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Ceremonial county of Lincolnshire

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Major settlements	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh-le-Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Wainfleet All Saints Winterton Wragby See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire

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