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The archives of Helena Normanton are held at [[The Women's Library]] at the [http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/Home.aspx Library of the London School of Economics], ref [https://archives.lse.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=7HLN&pos=2 7HLN]
 
In February 2019, 218 Strand Chambers rebranded as [https://www.normantonchambers.com/ Normanton Chambers] in her honour. This is the first instance of a barristers' chambers being named after a woman.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-09-26|title=Normanton Chambers to become first at Bar to be named after a woman|language=en-GB|work= TheLawyer.com |url=https://www.thelawyer.com/helena-normanton-chambers-woman/|access-date=2018-09-26}}</ref>
 
In 2020 barrister Karlia Lykourgou set up the first legal outfitter dedicated to offering courtwear for women, as much of the existing provision was impractical and uncomfortable. She named it Ivy & Normanton, in honour of [[Ivy Williams]], the first woman to be called to the Bar in May 1922, and Helena Normanton.<ref>{{Cite web| last= Mehta |first= Amar| date=2020-06-18|title=After 100 years, female barristers finally get their own outfitter|url=https://www.thelawyer.com/after-100-years-female-barristers-finally-get-their-own-outfitter/| access-date=2020-06-18|website=The Lawyer {{!}} Legal insight, benchmarking data and jobs|language=en}}</ref>