Norton in Hales

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Norton in Hales
Shropshire
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Church of St Chad, Norton in Hales
Location
Location: 52°56’38"N, 2°26’35"W
Data
Population: 620  (2011[1])
Post town: Market Drayon
Postcode: TF9
Dialling code: 01630
Local Government
Council: Shropshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
North Shropshire

Norton in Hales is a village and parish in Shropshire, adjacent to the borders with Cheshire and Shropshire. It lies on the A53 road between the town of Market Drayton and Woore, Shropshire's most north-easterly village and civil parish.

Staffordshire is to the east of the parish and Cheshire to the west. Also within the parish is the village of Betton and hamlet of Ridgwardine.

Within the village is Norton in Hales Church of England Primary School, Saint Chad's Church, The Hinds Head Inn, and a large playing field.

Tunstall Hall is a Grade-II*-listed building, built in about 1732, formerly a girls school, is now a residential home offering specialist care in dementia.[2][3]

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