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NORBURY, Derbyshire

"NORBURY WITH ROSTON, a parish in the hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 5 miles S.W. of Ashbourne, its post town, and 2¾ from Rocester. It is a station on the North Staffordshire railway. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Dove, and is wholly agricultural. The living is a rectory* with the curacy of Snelston annexed, in the diocese of Lichfield."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

Cemeteries

• A list of Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions of the Church of St Mary & St Barlok, Norbury published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, October 2005.
  Full details of inscriptions are available from DARG by postal application. See their How to Contact details for how to get in touch with them. Added 4 Oct 2005.

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in Ss Mary & Barlok's Churchyard, Norbury, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard.

Church History

• Photographs of SS Mary & Barlok's Church are available in our Norbury Photo Gallery, provided by Alf Beard, and Peter & Janet Kirk. Added 20 Sep 2005.

Description and Travel

• A short Description of Norbury and St Mary & St Barlok's Church, published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, October 2005, to accompany the MIs (see above, Cemeteries). Added 4 Oct 2005.

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Norbury, with Roston by Ann Andrews. Added 19 Feb 2007.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Norbury with Roston from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Names, Personal

• A list of Rectors and Patrons of SS Mary & Barlok's Church (1220-2004), collected and transcribed by Janet Kirk.

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