History Norton-sub-Hamdon



the manor house


the majority of houses , cottages in village made local stone, hamstone, taken nearby ham hill, village gets name: norton sub hamdon means north farm below hill farm .



one of church s stained glass windows


after norman conquest manor granted robert, count of mortain, gave grestein abbey in normandy, administered through wilmington priory in sussex until confiscated crown in 14th century. given de la pole family , inherited dukedom of suffolk seymours , in 1671 earl of aylesbury, before being broken , sold off.


the parish part of hundred of houndsborough.








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