| Norton in Hales | |
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 Church of St Chad | |
  Norton in Hales Location withinShropshire | |
| Population | 620 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SJ702386 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | market drayton |
| Postcode district | TF9 |
| Dialling code | 01630 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
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Norton in Hales is a village andcivil parish inShropshire, England.
It lies on theA53 between the town ofMarket Drayton andWoore, Shropshire's most northeasterly village and parish.
Staffordshire is to the east of the parish andCheshire to the west. Also within the parish is the village ofBetton and hamlet ofRidgwardine.
Theparish church isSaint Chad's, rebuilt in the 19th century.[2] Also within the village are Norton in Hales Church of England Primary School, the Hind's Head Inn, and a large playing field.
The monument to Frances, Lady Cotton (d. 1606) in St Chad's was designed byInigo Jones around the year 1611. Her husbandRowland Cotton, who commissioned the tomb, was associated with the court ofPrince Henry, as was Jones. The tomb is the earliest known work of Inigo Jones.[3]
Upon the village green near the church stands a rock known asThe Brading Stone. It was said by local tradition anyone caught working after noon onShrove Tuesday would be "bumped" upon the stone.[2]
Tunstall Hall is aGrade II* listed building, built in about 1732, formerly a girls' school, and now a residential home offering specialist care indementia.[4][5]
The engineerSamuel Owen, who later emigrated toSweden where he became an industrialist, was born at Norton in 1774.[6]
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