Norbury

Other current and historical names

Nordbury
Nordberie
Nortberie

Parish/Community: Norbury and Roston
District/Borough: Derbyshire Dales
County: Derbyshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°58'39"N 1°49'7"W
Eastings/Northings: 412266, 342259
OS Grid: SK122422
Mapcode Local: GBR 495.8ZB
Mapcode Global: WHCFB.1F54

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Norbury within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Norbury in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Norbury, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Derbyshire, on river Dove, 5 miles SW. of Ashborne, 2298 ac., pop. 399.

Norbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Appletree hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Leofnoth Sterre; Aelfric of Bradbourne; Saewulf of Snelston
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph of Montgomery (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £2 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 9 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 6 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 50 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward Barn
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Henry of Fyfield (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £3 in 1086
- Households: 19 villagers; 7 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 24 acres
- Woodland: 1 league
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 10 shillings

British Place Names

Norbury, Derbyshire

Norbury is a hamlet in Derbyshire

Norbury in historic gazetteers

Norbury in the Domesday Book