Norbury, Staffordshire Genealogy

England Staffordshire



Parish History
Norbury St Peter is an Ancient Parish in the county of Staffordshire.Other places in the parish include: Loynton, Weston Jones with Loynton, Weston Jones, and Norbury with Oulton. 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 hamlet of Oulton, and the township of Weston-Jones with Loynton, 353 inhabitants. The manor was anciently held successively by the families of Kilpeck, Marmion, Butler, and Skrymsher, who had a moated mansion or castle in the parish, at the head of the "Wild Moors." These moors formed a royal waste, extending from Knightley down to the rivers Terne and Severn, near Newport; but the district has long been inclosed and cultivated. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10. 2. 6.; net income, £483; patron, the 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.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
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Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Staffordshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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