Blo' Norton - Prince Frederick Duleep Singh

Prince Frederick Duleep Singh

Prince "Freddy" Frederick Duleep Singh (1868–1926) lived at Blo' Norton Hall for the last 20 years of his life and is buried in the churchyard of St Andrew's church. For this reason, Blo' Norton is part of the Anglo-Sikh Heritage trail.

Prince Freddy designed the village war memorial situated in front of the church.

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