Norton 1896

Detailed map of Norton; Durham sheet 50.08. Historical introduction by Robert Woodhouse. This very detailed map covers the village of Norton, immediately north of Stockton on Tees. Coverage stretches from Junction Road and The Green southward to Hallifield Street. North Road and High Street runs north-south up the centre of the map, culminating at The Green with its Hamnbletonian Inn and St Mary's church. The tramway is shown. Other features include brewery, Summnerhouse Square, White Swan Inn, Fox Almshouses, and a stretch of the NER Stockton Branch as far as Norton South Junction. On the reverse we include extensive extracts from Whelan's Directory of 1894, which includes further information on the history of Norton, and a list of inhabitants.

Reduced from the original Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map to a scale of approximately 1:4,340 (or about 15" to the mile). This edition published by Alan Godfrey Maps, Leadgate, Consett