Norbury

Other current and historical names

Nortberie

Parish/Community: Norbury
District/Borough: Stafford
County: Staffordshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°48'29"N 2°19'13"W
Eastings/Northings: 378494, 323454
OS Grid: SJ784234
Mapcode Local: GBR 054.VJD
Mapcode Global: WH9CL.BP71

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., township, and vil., on W. border of Staffordshire, 4 miles NE. of Newport - par., 3366 ac., pop. 318; township, 2107 ac., pop. 212.

Norbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Cuttlestone hundred, in the county of Staffordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Auti of Quatt
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Reger (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 2 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 4 smallholders; 1 slave; 2 priests
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 1 acre
- Woodland: 1 league

British Place Names

Norbury, Staffordshire

Norbury is a hamlet in Staffordshire

Norbury in historic gazetteers

Norbury in the Domesday Book