Description
Norton, a small rural parish in East Kent, 1 1/2 mile SSE of Teynham station on the L.C. & D.R., and. 3 1/2 W of Faversham. Post town, Faversham. Acreage, 903; population, 165. Norton Court, Provender, and Rushett are handsome residences in the parish. At Wren's Hill, in this parish, are the kennels of The Tickham foxhounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £366 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church is Early English, in good condition; consists of nave and chancel, with a tower; and contains some beautiful mural tablets.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
