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"NORBURY, a parish in the Bishop's Castle division of the hundred of Purslow, county Salop, 4 miles N.E. of Bishop's Castle, its post town. The village, which is inconsiderable, is wholly agricultural. The parish comprises the townships of Norbury, Asterton, Whitcott, and Hardwick. The surface is generally hilly, and the low lands are watered by numerous small brooks. The soil is light and poor, and in some parts marshy."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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