NORBURY (near Malpas)
- Norbury was a township in Marbury Parish, Nantwich Hundred (SJ 5547),
which became a civil parish in 1866.
- Including the hamlets of Gauntons Bank, Holtridge, Hurst Green, Norbury Common and Swanwick Green.
- The population was 330 in 1801, 403 in 1851, 289 in 1901, and 241 in 1951.
CHURCHES AND CHAPELS
- Marbury, St. Michael (C of E). An ancient chapelry in Whitchurch parish (Shropshire).
- Bickley, St. Wenefride (C of E). The parish church from 1893.
- Norbury, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1834, closed in 1975. Registers 1939–1958 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
- Norbury, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational). Built in 1868.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS
- Whitchurch Rural Sanitary District (1875–94)
- Malpas Rural District (1894–1936), Nantwich Rural District (1894–74)
- Crewe & Nantwich (1974–2009)
- Cheshire East (2009+)
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS
- South Cheshire (1832–67)
- West Cheshire (1868–85)
- Eddisbury (1885–1948)
- Crewe (1949–54)
- Nantwich (1955–74)
POOR-LAW UNIONS
- Nantwich (1837–53)
- Whitchurch (1853–1930)
REGISTRATION DISTRICTS
- Nantwich (1837–53)
- Whitchurch (1853–1937)
- Crewe (1937–74)
- Congleton and Crewe (1974–88)
- South Cheshire (1988–98)
- Cheshire Central (1998+)
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