Norbury, Shropshire
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  Norbury Norbury shown within Shropshire | |
| OS grid reference | SO3692 |
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| Civil parish | Norbury |
| Unitary authority | Shropshire |
| Ceremonial county | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Ludlow |
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Norbury is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies to the west of the Long Mynd and the nearest town is Bishop's Castle. The parish is made up of three townships Asterton, Whitcott, and Hardwick. There is a parish church and a Country House B&B called The Coach House.
In the 1870's Norbury was described as:
"a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Clun district, Salop. The township lies 2½ miles W of the Long-Mynd, 2½ E of the boundary with Wales, and 4¼ N E of Bishops-Castle r. station. The parish contains also the townships of Asterton, Whitcott, and Hardwick; and its post town is Bishops-Castle, Shropshire. Acres, 4, 584. Rated property, £2, 570. Pop., 412. Houses, 81. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of North Lydbury, in the diocese of Hereford. The church is ancient; and there is a Primitive Methodist chapel.—The sub-district contains also four other parishes. Acres, 21, 282. Pop., 1, 636. Houses, 316."[1]
In 2011 census data Norbury had a population of 136.[2]
References
- ↑ Wilson, John Marius (1870-1872). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Shropshire: A. Fullarton & Co.
- ↑ "Norbury: Key figures for 2011 census: Key statistics". Neighbourhood statistics. Office for national statistics. Retrieved 5 February 2014.