Norton Disney

Coordinates: 53°07′13″N 0°40′46″W / 53.1204°N 0.6795°W / 53.1204; -0.6795

Norton Disney
St Peters church, Norton Disney
Norton Disney  Norton Disney shown within Lincolnshire
Population	244 (Parish)
OS grid reference	SK8859
District	North Kesteven
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LINCOLN
Postcode district	LN6
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Sleaford and North Hykeham
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Norton Disney is a small village on the western boundary of Lincolnshire. Situated between Lincoln and Newark, it is the seat of the Disney family (an Anglicised version of the original French surname d'Isigny, of Isigny-sur-Mer, Normandy), from whom American Walt Disney's family is descended.^[1] The Village has one pub, The Green Man, which was formally the St Vincent Arms.

History

There is a commemorative brass in the medieval church of St Michael commemorating three generations of the d’Iseni or Disney family, made about 1580. In the bottom panel is an inscription reading

"The lyfe, conversacion and Service, of the first above named William Disney and of Richard Disney his sonne were comendable amongest ther Neighbours trewe and fathefull to ther Prince and cuntre & acceptable Thallmighty of whom the truth they are received to Salvation accordinge to the Stedfast faythe which they had in & throughe the mercy and merit of Christ our savior Thees thuthes are thus sett forthe that in all ages God maybe thankfully Glorified for thes and suche lyke his gracius benifites."

Two mosaic floors were found when excavating a Roman villa in the parish. The site was near to the Roman town of Brough or 'Crocoalana', on the Fosse Way, just over the border in Nottinghamshire.

During the Second World War, RAF Station Swinderby (later renamed RAF Station Norton Disney) was home to No 93 Maintenance Unit (No 93 MU) from Aug 1939 until 1958.

In January 2011, it was said that current plans have come up to build a small Disney themed park, in honor of the late Walt Disney, which would have, among others, a beach themed area and a gigantic water slide. Also a replica of the original Disney manor is said to be made, with a small rollercoaster. In September 2011, the plans have been cancelled, due to expectations that the weather wouldn't make a beach themed Disney park an overall succes.

References

1. ^ Uncle Walt's lost ancestors - The Independent newspaper, 1997

External links

Media related to Norton Disney at Wikimedia Commons