Norton Folgate

Norton Folgate is a street in London, connecting Bishopsgate with Shoreditch High Street, on the northern edge of its financial district the City of London.

It constitutes a short section of the A10 road, the former Roman Ermine Street. Its name is a reminder of the tiny ancient Liberty of Norton Folgate situated in and around the area.

The nearest London Underground station is Liverpool Street, also a National Rail mainline railway station. The nearest London Overground station is Shoreditch High Street.

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Coordinates: 51°31′16″N 0°04′44″W / 51.5211°N 0.0788°W / 51.5211; -0.0788

Liberty of Norton Folgate

Norton Folgate was a liberty within the metropolitan area of London, England, located between the Bishopsgate ward of the City of London to the south, the parish of St Leonard, Shoreditch to the north and the parish of Spitalfields to the east. It was grouped into the Whitechapel District in 1855 and, following boundary changes in the 1990s, its former area is now divided between the City of London and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Toponymy

The name is recorded circa 1110 as Nortune and means 'north farmstead'. It is formed from the Old English 'north' and 'tūn', with the affix 'Folgate' perhaps derived from the manorial family name Foliot. This is possibly referring to Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of London or Richard Foliot, a canon of St Paul's Cathedral. An alternative explanation found in The National Gazetteer from 1868 describes Folgate as derived "from the Saxon word Foldweg, a highway, in allusion to the old Roman Road (Ermine Street) which passed through this place." It is remembered in the street of Norton Folgate and the 2009 album by the band Madness, called The Liberty of Norton Folgate

Norton Folgate (disambiguation)

Norton Folgate or Liberty of Norton Folgate may refer to: