Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NORBURY

NORBURY, a township in Marbury parish, Cheshire; on the Ellesmere canal, 7 miles S W by W of Nantwich. Acres, 1, 533. Real property, £2, 218. Pop., 392. Houses, 84. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Cholmondeley. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cheshire AncC
Place: Norbury

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