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Norbury
Norbury is located in Staffordshire
Norbury
Norbury
Location within Staffordshire
Population371 (2011 Census)
District
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Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStafford
Postcode districtST20
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52°48′29″N 2°19′16″W / 52.808°N 2.321°W / 52.808; -2.321

Norbury Manor, and Pewet (Plover) hunting at Shebben Poole, circa. 1682 - 1709

Norbury is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Stafford, in west Staffordshire, England. The population as taken at the 2011 census was 371.[1]

It is situated close to the Shropshire border, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Newport, just south of the A519 Newport to Newcastle-under-Lyme road, and two miles south-east of Woodseaves.

Canal

The village gave its name to Norbury Junction, about one mile to the south-east. At one time (1835), this was a junction between the main Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal (later to become part of the Shropshire Union Canal) and a branch stretching south-west through Newport to link to the now-abandoned Shrewsbury Canal.

Church

The body of the Parish Church of St Peter is constructed in sandstone, dates from the 14th century, and is mainly in Decorated style. There is a canonical sundial on the south wall. The tower, built in 1759, is in brick, and in Georgian style. The church was restored in 1826–29, when the north vestry and west gallery were added. Inside the church are well-preserved medieval roofs, and a tomb recess containing an effigy dating from the 14th century.[2][3]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  2. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Staffordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin. pp. 211–212. ISBN 0-14-071046-9. OCLC 1108113.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter, Norbury (1242976)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Northburgh, Roger de" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 41. 1895.
  5. ^ "Barnfield, Richard" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 03 (11th ed.). 1911.
  6. ^ "Barnfield, Richard" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 03. 1885.
  7. ^ Massai, Sonia (2004). "Barnfield, Richard (bap. 1574, d. 1620)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1487. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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