Norton, Powys

Norton
St Andrews Church
Norton Location within Powys
OS grid reference	SO302670
Community	Presteigne
Principal area	Powys
Preserved county	Powys
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTEIGNE
Postcode district	LD8
Dialling code	01544
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Brecon & Radnorshire
List of places UK Wales Powys 52°17′53″N3°01′22″W / 52.2980°N 3.0227°W / 52.2980; -3.0227

Norton is a village in Presteigne community, Powys, within the historic boundaries of Radnorshire, Wales. In 1086, Norton was recorded as a settlement within the hundred of Leintwardine and in the county of Shropshire in the Domesday Book. ^[1]

Norton is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Presteigne.

Norton was a civil parish, at the 1971 census (the last before the abolition of the parish), Norton had a population of 250. ^[2] In 1974 Norton became a community, on 1 April 1983 the community was abolished. ^[3]

References

1. Norton in the Domesday Book
2. "Population statistics Norton through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 5 October 2025.
3. "Radnorshire East Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 5 October 2025.