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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Norbury like this:
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.
Norbury is now part of CHESHIRE EAST Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CHESHIRE EAST has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Norbury itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Norbury, in Cheshire East and Cheshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5684
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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