| Norbury | |
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 The parish church of All Saints in Norbury | |
  Norbury Location within Shropshire | |
| Population | 136 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SO363928 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bishops Castle |
| Postcode district | SY9 |
| Dialling code | 01588 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Norbury (/norð burh/) is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies to the west of the Long Mynd and the nearest town is Bishop's Castle. The parish is made up of three townships Asterton, Whitcott and Hardwick. There is a parish church dedicated to All Saints and a Country House B&B called The Coach House.
In the 1870s Norbury was described as: a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Clun district, Salop. The township lies 2½ miles W of the Long-Mynd, 2½ E of the boundary with Wales, and 4¼ N E of Bishops-Castle r[ailway]. station. The parish contains also the townships of Asterton, Whitcott, and Hardwick; and its post town is Bishops-Castle, Shropshire. Acres, 4,584. Rated property, £2,570. Pop[ulation]., 412. Houses, 81. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p[erpetual]. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of North Lydbury, in the diocese of Hereford. The church is ancient; and there is a Primitive Methodist chapel.—The sub-district contains also four other parishes. Acres, 21,282. Pop[ulation]., 1,636. Houses, 316.[2]
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ Wilson, John Marius (1870–1872). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Shropshire: A. Fullarton & Co.