English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Norbury

Major Settlement in the Parish of Marbury Chapelry

Historical Forms

  • Norberie 1086 DB
  • Norbery 1562,1567 ChRR
  • Norbur(ia) e13,1259 Chol
  • Norbury 1305 ib
  • Norbur', Norburie, Norbury iuxta Merbury 1337 Plea
  • Althurst & Norbury 1411 ChRR
  • Norbury & Althurst 1486 ib
  • Norbury cum Althurst 1597 Orm2
  • Northburi 12 Chol 17 AddCh H3 14
  • Northbur' 1250–60 Chol
  • Northbury 1287 Court 1492 Chol
  • Nort(he)bury iuxta Merbury, Nort(he)bury iuxta Marbury 1289 Court
  • Norhbur' c.1180 AddCh
  • Norhebur c.1260 Chol

Etymology

'Northern manor-house or stronghold', v. norð , burh . This was the most northerly part of the parish of Whitchurch Sa, v. 112infra , 105 supra . Cf. Marbury 106supra , Holtridge infra .