Norbury in 1859

NORBURY (ST. PETER), a parish, in the union of NEWPORT, W. division of the hundred of CUTTLESTONE, S. division of the county of STAFFORD, 4 miles (N.E.) from Newport; containing, with the hamlets of Loynton and Oulton, and the township of Weston-Jones, 353 inhabitants.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10.2.6.; net income, £483; patron, Earl of Lichfield. The church is an ancient stone edifice, except the tower, which is of brick; it was repaired in 1827, and a gallery erected. 

WESTON-JONES, a township, in the parish of NORBURY, union of NEWPORT, W. division of the hundred of CUTTLESTONE, S. division of the county of STAFFORD, 3 miles (N.N.E.) from Newport; containing, with the hamlet of Loynton, 143 inhabitants. 

 

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]