Norbury, Staffordshire
Norbury is a village and parish in south-west Staffordshire, close to the border with Shropshire. The population as taken at the 2011 census was 371.[1]
It is situated approximately four miles north-east of Newport, Shropshire, just south of the A519 Newport to Newcastle-under-Lyme road, and two miles south-east of Woodseaves.
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.
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 mediæval roofs, and a tomb recess containing an effigy dating from the 14th century.[2][3]
The poet Richard Barnfield (1574-1627) was born at Norbury.
References
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126998&c=Norbury&d=16&e=62&g=6464653&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1449775846234&enc=1. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ↑ Pevsner 1974, pp. 211–212.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1242976: Church of St Peter, Norbury
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