Norbury, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire

Parish History
Norbury St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire. Snelston is a chapelry of Norbury. Other places in the parish include: Roston

NORBURY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Uttoxeter, hundred of Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby, 4½ miles (S. W.) from Ashbourn; containing, with Roston, 510 inhabitants, and comprising about 2470 acres. One-fourth of the land is arable, and three-fourths pasture with 50 acres of wood; the soil for the most part is a rich soapy marl, very productive both of grass and corn. The surface is undulated, rising steeply from the river Dove, for perhaps a mile, and much broken into small valleys and ravines; the scenery is beautiful, and well-wooded with oak, ash, elm, holly, and hawthorn, which grow to a large size. Cheese is the chief agricultural return. There is a good limestonequarry. The living is a rectory, with that of Snelston annexed, valued in the king's books at £15. 16. 0½.; patron and incumbent, the Rev. Clement F. Broughton, M.A. The chancel of the church is a fine specimen of the decorated style, with large windows exhibiting the original stained glass, which is strikingly beautiful: the edifice was entirely restored in 1842, at a cost of £1400, raised chiefly by subscription. Here, amongst many ancient monuments of the Fitzherberts, is one to the memory of Sir Anthony, a celebrated writer on the law, who was born at this place, and died in 1538. A free school was founded in 1678, by a bequest from Thomas Williams.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Uttoxeter Poor Law Union, Staffordshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Derbyshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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