Blo' Norton's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a bleak or exposed north farm or settlement.

[4] Blo' Norton Hall is a timber-framed, moated Tudor manor house at the end of an avenue of lime trees west of St Andrew's Church.

[11] Blo' Norton is mentioned in Notes from a Small Island (1995) by the American author, Bill Bryson.

[13] Blo' Norton's parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and dates from the 13th century, though its Medieval furnishings have largely been removed.

[14] The church features a stained-glass window designed and installed by William Wailes in 1863, depicting the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ.

Thomas Osborn, who had bell-foundries at Downham Market in Norfolk and St Neots in Cambridgeshire, cast five of the bells including the tenor in 1794.

South of the village and along the river is the Blo' Norton and Thelnetham Fen Site of Special Scientific Interest, an important calcareous fen wetland site supporting rare plant species including black bog rush Schoenus nigricans and saw sedge Cladium mariscus.

[21] Blo' Norton's War Memorial is located at the junction between Church Lane and The Street, and the takes the form of a stone cross with an octagonal base.