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Norton In Hales Village History – Click
here to see a review of the history of Norton in Hales
over the last millennium.
Samuel Owen – A Villager Whose Fame
Spread Far!!
Many, indeed most, Norton residents, will probably never
have heard of Samuel Owen, but we have discovered that this
son of the village, born in Norton in Hales in 1774, went
on to become one of the most famous and recognized engineers
and industrialists in his adopted home country of Sweden in
the 19th Century. Click here to read more about his fascinating
story...read more.
Edward Gill is well known to many villagers, as one
of the evacuees who came to Norton in Hales at the outbreak
of World War 2. He has already published a book about his
reminiscences of the time he spent in the village over 60
years ago.
Edward (pictured here) now lives in South Wales but still
keeps in regular contact with the village all these years
later. Most recently, Eric has written some more of his memories
of the time. To read these latest memoirs, click HERE.
Local Resident Dot Robinson - Click
here to read all about the memories of this long-standing
local resident.
Memories of village (Posted 24th Feb
08)
Mary Keay has kindly provided the Norton website with
a compilation of her Memories of village life going back to
the 1920s. To read these memoirs and to see a miscellany of
items scanned from Mary's village scrapbook, click
here.
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Big Snow (posted Oct 28th 07)
Photos from the "BIG SNOW" of 1964 have been very
kindly provided to us by Mrs J Noden, who says in her letter
that she lived for many years at Longfield, Norton in Hales.
She goes on to say that 'the snaps were taken in 1964 when
Norton in Hales was cut off and my ex husband had to dig us
out'.
Notes on the back of the photos are as follows
1964-1 Ridgewardine turning, Chris Noden, Chris Smith
1964-2 Ridgewardine turning, Chris Smith
1964-3 Ridgewardine turning, Tom Wickstead, Roadman
1964-4 Norton in Hales, Market Drayton
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Recollections of past times (Posted 17th
Sept 07)
Local resident Mrs. Doreen Challinor has recently shared her
recollections of past times in the village with a Member of
the website committee. Click
here to read a first-hand account of how life was in years
gone by in Norton in Hales.
Shortly after this material was provided to the Norton in
Hales website, Mrs. Challinor sadly passed away.
Medieval Archaeological Sites (posted
5th Apr 07)
It has recently come to our attention that one of the best
preserved local medieval archaeological sites in the Market
Drayton area has been largely destroyed. Click
here 
to read more
More pictures of the past - Many thanks to
Bill Taverner for providing a number of historical photos
to us. A selection of these can be viewed by clicking
here.
1979 School centenary
We wonder how many site visitors will recognise some familiar
faces here? It's now 26 years since the school celebrated
it's centenary, when everyone dressed up in period costume
to mark the occasion.
Freak weather conditions
Freak weather conditions caused short-term flash flooding
in Norton in Hales in 2001. A number of homes in the village
were affected. Two photos (below) show the extent of the flooding
which took place.
In Memory Of Those Who Fell In Two World Wars.....Lest We
Forget
Read this captivating article about villagers that served
in two world wars.
Click here to download.
Note: You may need to change the view to 100% in order to
read the document.
We need your contribution
This section of the village website is planned to develop
over the weeks and months to come. At this early stage, we
have included some photos from the early 1900's to give a
“flavour” of how this page will develop in future.
It is hoped that in time, we shall collect material that
not only relates back over the many centuries over which the
village community has existed, but also compiles a series
of more recent historical anecdotes over the last 50 years
from villagers who are still alive today.
Anyone interested to contribute to this section should contact
the website content manager, Dick Walton at 14 Napley Drive
(tel; 01630 654734). Also, if anyone has old photos of the
village available to be borrowed and placed on the website,
please contact Dick Walton.
  
A more recent photo of the village has recently
appeared in the Shropshire Star
The following extract from Kelly's appeared in 1885
By 1905, the Kelly's Directory entry for Norton in Hales looked
like this
Whirlwind of 1993
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