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England

  • Norton, County Durham
    Norton, County Durham
    Norton is a suburb of Stockton-on-Tees in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It still retains a village area, with a high street and village green with mostly Georgian houses; the original village dates back to at least the Anglo-Saxon period...

  • Norton, Hertfordshire
    Norton, Hertfordshire
    Norton is a small village in Hertfordshire, one of the three original villages which were absorbed into Letchworth Garden City, the other two being Willian and Old Letchworth. The village is known to have existed by 1007, with remains of the medieval settlement visible as earthworks in a field...

  • Norton, Kent
  • Norton, Northamptonshire
    Norton, Northamptonshire
    Norton is a village in the district of Daventry in the English County of Northamptonshire. The village is about east of Daventry, west of Northampton. Junction 16 of the M1 motorway is about south-east and the nearest railway station is at Long Buckby to the east...

  • Norton, Nottinghamshire
    Norton, Nottinghamshire
    Norton is village in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, just North of Cuckney, and is home to a number of farmsteads. Lying between the two villages, is a Anglo-Saxon Hill-fort. Lying within the original extent of Sherwood forest, and on its present edge, and lying within the Welbeck Abbey Estate....

  • Norton, Runcorn
    Norton, Runcorn
    Norton is an area in the eastern part of the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It was originally a separate community some to the east of Runcorn, but in the 1970s and 1980s became absorbed within Runcorn by the expansion of its new town.-History:...

    , Cheshire
    Cheshire
    Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

  • Norton, Suffolk
    Norton, Suffolk
    Norton is a small village in Suffolk, England. The nearest town is Bury St. Edmunds.It has 1 Greene King Pub - "The Dog" which is more of a restaurant than a daily boozer....

  • Norton, Dudley
    Norton, Dudley
    Norton is a suburb and council ward in the town of Stourbridge, West Midlands. It has a population of 11,943 in an area of 569 hectares. The population is largely White British and self-identifies as predominantly Christian.-History:...

    , West Midlands
  • Norton, Worcester, Worcestershire
    Norton, Worcester, Worcestershire
    Norton is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, from the boundary of the City of Worcester, England. The village is split in two by the M5 motorway, with the original village to the east....

  • Norton, Doncaster
    Norton, Doncaster
    Norton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster , on the border with North Yorkshire. The northern boundary of the parish is marked by the River Went, while the Great North Road forms the western boundary...

    , South Yorkshire
  • Norton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
  • Norton Fitzwarren
    Norton Fitzwarren
    Norton Fitzwarren is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated north west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The village has a population of 2,325.-History:...

    , Somerset
  • Norton Malreward
    Norton Malreward
    Norton Malreward is a small Somerset village and civil parish south of Bristol, England at the northern edge of the Chew Valley. In 1895 Norton Malreward was combined with the neighbouring hamlet of Norton Hawkfield or Hautville into a single parish, which has a population of 241.- History :Norton...

    , Somerset
  • Norton-on-Derwent
    Norton-on-Derwent
    Norton-on-Derwent, commonly referred to as 'Norton', is a town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. Norton borders the market town of Malton, and is divided by the River Derwent...

    , North Yorkshire
  • Norton Radstock
    Norton Radstock
    Norton Radstock used to be a small conurbation and large civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, England, south west of Bath, and the same distance north west of Frome. It had a population of 21,325 according to the 2001 census. The term Norton Radstock is not recognised by local residents,...

    , Somerset
  • Norton Sub Hamdon
    Norton Sub Hamdon
    Norton sub Hamdon is a village in the South Somerset district of the English county of Somerset, situated five miles west of Yeovil. The village has a population of 694....

    , Somerset
  • Norton St Philip
    Norton St Philip
    Norton St Philip is a village in Somerset, England, located between the City of Bath and the town of Frome. The village is in the district of Mendip, and the parliamentary constituency of Somerton and Frome....

    , Somerset
  • Norton le Moors
    Norton le Moors
    Norton le Moors is a village in Staffordshire, near Stoke-On-Trent. Along with places such as Ball Green, Sneyd Green and Milton, it is one of a number of small villages in the Stoke area. The school in Norton is known as ....

    , Staffordshire
  • Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
  • Brize Norton
    Brize Norton
    Brize Norton is a village and civil parish east of Carterton in West Oxfordshire. The original part of RAF Brize Norton is in the parish.-Toponym:...

    , Oxfordshire

United States

  • Norton, Yolo County, California
    Norton, Yolo County, California
    Norton is an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad north of Winters, at an elevation of 177 feet ....

  • Norton, Kansas
    Norton, Kansas
    Norton is a city in and the county seat of Norton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,928.-History:...

  • Norton, Massachusetts
    Norton, Massachusetts
    Norton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, and contains the village of Norton Center. The population was 18,036 at the 2000 census...

    • Norton Center, Massachusetts
      Norton Center, Massachusetts
      Norton Center is a census-designated place in the town of Norton in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,618 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Norton Center is located at ....

  • Norton, Ohio
    Norton, Ohio
    Norton is a city in Summit and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 11,523 at the 2000 census.The Summit County portion of Norton is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the small portion in Wayne County is part of the Wooster Micropolitan Statistical...

  • Norton, Texas
    Norton, Texas
    Norton is an unincorporated community in Runnels County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 76 in 2000....

  • Norton, Vermont
  • Norton, Virginia
    Norton, Virginia
    Norton is an independent city within the confines of Wise County in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,958, making it the smallest city in the state by population...

  • Norton, Wisconsin
    Norton, Wisconsin
    Norton is an unincorporated community located in the town of Tainter, Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States....

  • Norton Air Force Base
    Norton Air Force Base
    Norton Air Force Base is a former front-line United States Air Force facility located east of downtown San Bernardino, California in San Bernardino County.-Overview:...

    , California
  • Norton Sound
    Norton Sound
    Norton Sound is an inlet of the Bering Sea on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula. It is about 240 km long and 200 km wide. The Yukon River delta forms a portion of the south shore and water from the Yukon influences this body of water...

    , an inlet of the Bering Sea

People

Family name
Given name
  • Norton Garfinkle
    Norton Garfinkle
    Norton Garfinkle is an economist and author.He received a BA with honors from Columbia University and did his graduate work at Columbia University and Princeton University...



Fictional characters
  • Norton in the Incarnations of Immortality
    Incarnations of Immortality
    Incarnations of Immortality is the name of an eight-book fantasy series by Piers Anthony. The first seven books each focus on one of seven supernatural "offices" in a fictional reality and history parallel to ours, with the exception that society has advanced both magic and modern technology...

    series by Piers Anthony
  • Ed Norton (Honeymooners), played by Art Carney in The Honeymooners
  • Samuel Norton, warden of Shawshank Prison in The Shawshank Redemption
  • Norton Nork, simpleton created by Sandy Becker

Computing

  • Peter Norton Computing
    Peter Norton Computing
    Peter Norton Computing, Inc., was a software company founded by Peter Norton. The first and most notable software package it produced is the Norton Utilities. Another very popular software was Norton Commander, especially the DOS version. In 1990, the company was acquired by Symantec. The...

    , a computing company bought out by Symantec, which maintained Norton as a brand
    • Norton Commander
      Norton Commander
      Norton Commander was a prototypical orthodox file manager , written by John Socha and released by Peter Norton Computing . NC is a file manager which provides a text user interface on top of DOS. It was officially produced by Symantec between 1986 and 1998...

      , a DOS file manager
    • Norton Ghost, a hard drive disk imaging utility
    • Norton Partition Magic, hard drive partition manager
    • Norton Utilities
      Norton Utilities
      Norton Utilities is a utility software suite designed to help analyze, configure, optimize and maintain the computer. The current version 15 of Norton Utilities Premier Edition for Windows XP/Vista/7 was released December 27, 2010....

      , a collection of software utilities
    • Norton AntiVirus
      Norton AntiVirus
      Norton AntiVirus, developed and distributed by Symantec Corporation, provides malware prevention and removal during a subscription period. It uses signatures and heuristics to identify viruses. Other features include e-mail spam filtering and phishing protection.Symantec distributes the product as...

      , virus protection
    • Norton Internet Security
      Norton Internet Security
      Norton Internet Security, developed by Symantec Corporation, provides malware prevention and removal during subscription period and uses signatures and heuristics to identify viruses. Other features include a software firewall, e-mail spam filtering, and phishing protection.Symantec distributes...

      , virus protection and firewall
    • Norton 360
      Norton 360
      Norton 360, developed by Symantec, is marketed as an "all-in-one" computer security suite. The package includes an antivirus, a personal firewall, a phishing protection program and a backup program...

      , PC security and maintenance suite

Companies

  • Norton Motorcycle Company, a British motorcycle manufacturer
  • Norton Abrasives
    Norton Abrasives
    Norton Abrasives of Worcester, Massachusetts is the world's largest manufacturer and supplier of abrasives for commercial applications, household, and automotive refinishing usage. In 1990 it was purchased by Saint-Gobain of France...

  • Norton Healthcare
    Norton Healthcare
    Norton Healthcare is Kentucky's largest healthcare system with more than 40 locations in and around Louisville, Kentucky. Founded in 1886, Norton's current major products include pediatrics; women's services; orthopedics; cardiac care; stroke care; advanced surgical services; cancer diagnosis,...

    , a healthcare system in Louisville, Kentucky
  • Norton Records
    Norton Records
    For the Canadian independent record label of the same name, see Matt Minglewood.Norton Records, a New York City based independent record label founded by musicians Miriam Linna and Billy Miller, maintains a focus on primitive, retro rock'n'roll, rockabilly, garage punk, garage rock, lounge music...

    , a record label
  • W. W. Norton & Company, an American book publishing corporation

Other

  • Norton (grape)
    Norton (grape)
    Norton, a grape cultivar believed to be largely derived from Vitis aestivalis, is grown in the Midwestern United States, Mid-Atlantic States and northeastern Georgia. Norton was first cultivated in Richmond, Virginia and is the official grape of the State of Missouri and is considered the...

    , a variety of grape also known as Cynthiana
  • Norton Priory
    Norton Priory
    Norton Priory is a historic site in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, comprising the remains of an abbey complex dating from the 12th to 16th centuries, and an 18th-century country house; it is now a museum. The remains are a scheduled ancient monument and have been designated by English...

    , Runcorn, Cheshire, England
  • Norton's theorem
    Norton's theorem
    Norton's theorem for linear electrical networks, known in Europe as the Mayer–Norton theorem, states that any collection of voltage sources, current sources, and resistors with two terminals is electrically equivalent to an ideal current source, I, in parallel with a single resistor, R...

    , a theorem used in electronics to model electrical networks
  • Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
    Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
    The Charles Eliot Norton Professorship of Poetry at Harvard University was established in 1925 as an annual lectureship in "poetry in the broadest sense" and named for the university's former professor of fine arts. Distinguished creative figures and scholars in the arts, including painting,...

    , a series of lectures held annually at Harvard University
  • Norton tradition
    Norton tradition
    The Norton tradition is an archaeological culture that developed in the Western Arctic along the Alaskan shore of the Bering Strait around 1000 BCE and lasted through about 800 CE...

    , an archaeological culture from the North American Arctic
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