Norton Disney is a small village on the western boundary of Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

. Situated between Lincoln and Newark, it is the seat of the Disney family (an Anglicised version of the original French

French people

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 surname d'Isigny, of Isigny-sur-Mer

Isigny-sur-Mer

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, Normandy

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), from whom American

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 Walt Disney

Walt Disney

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's family is descended.
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

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 floors were found when excavating a Roman villa

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 in the parish

Parish

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. The site was near to the Roman town

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 of Brough or 'Crocoalana', on the Fosse Way

Fosse Way

The Fosse Way was a Roman road in England that linked Exeter in South West England to Lincoln in Lincolnshire, via Ilchester , Bath , Cirencester and Leicester .It joined Akeman Street and Ermin Way at Cirencester, crossed Watling Street at Venonis south...

, just over the border in Nottinghamshire.

During the Second World War

World War II

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, 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

Walt Disney

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O...

, which would have, among others, a beach themed area and a gigantic water slide

Water slide

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. Also a replica of the original Disney manor

Manor

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 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.

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