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:''for other places called Norbury see Norbury (disambiguation)'' Norbury is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is located north of Rocester, on the B5033 road and the River Dove (which is the traditional border for Staffordshire). The hamlet has links with George Eliot's family, the Evans. George Eliot's father, Robert Evans, was born in Roston Common and sang in the choir at Norbury church, and most of George Eliot's paternal ancestors are buried there.〔(Derbyshire UK ) accessed 19 May 2008〕 The ecclesiastical parish of Norbury includes Norbury, Roston, the parochial chapel and manor of Snelston, the hamlets of Birchwood and Darley Moor, and formerly included the liberty of Stydd, now in Yeaveley.〔Bowyer, L.J. Rev. 1953. ''The Ancient Parish of Norbury''. Page 7. Ashbourne. J.B. Henstock.〕 A Methodist chapel stood where Chapel Farm, by the Queen Adelaide Inn, is now. Dinah Morris (based on George Eliot’s aunt, Elizabeth Evans) preached here. Eliot’s father Robert was a carpenter at Norbury, and became a land agent here- he moved with his employer to Arbury, where Eliot was born to his second wife. Eliot’s own connections with Norbury were slight- “''As to my indebtedness to facts of locale- the details which I knew as facts and have made use of for my picture were gathered from such imperfect allusion and narrative as I heard from my father in his occasional talk about old times''.〔Auster, Henry. ''Local Habitations; Regionalism in the Early Novels of George Eliot''. Page 103. Cambridge, Mass. ,U.S.A. Harvard University Press. 1970.〕” The carpenter’s shop at Norbury was associated with the smell of pinewood and the scent of elderflower; Eliot said to Oscar Browning that the elder tree growing at the door of the workshop was an early recollection closely connected with the poetry of her life.〔Browning, Oscar. ''Life of George Eliot.'' Page 64. London. Walter Scott. 1890.〕 The graveyard contains the graves of Thias and Lisbeth Bede. ==History== Like many places in Derbyshire, Norbury was mentioned in the Domesday Book, in 1086, together with Roston, amongst the many manors given to Henry de Ferrers by William the Conqueror. The village was spelt ''Nordberie'' or ''Nortberie''. At that time the village had a church and a mill.〔(Domesday Book on line ) accessed 19 May 2008〕 Norbury Manor was given to Henry de Ferrers in 1081,〔Bowyer, L.J. Rev. 1953. Page 12. ''The Ancient Parish of Norbury''. Ashbourne. J.B. Henstock.〕 the previous Saxon owner Sweyn having been dispossessed and imprisoned for his part in the uprising of Hereward the Wake.〔Bowyer, L.J. Rev. 1953. Page 14. ''The Ancient Parish of Norbury''. Ashbourne. J.B. Henstock.〕 Henry founded a priory at Tutbury and gave Norbury to them. In 1125 the prior of Tutbury gave Norbury in fee-farm to William Fitzherbert on a yearly rental of 100 shillings. In 1442 Nicholas Fitzherbert and his son and heir Ralph gave all their lands at Osmaston and other lands at Foston and Church Broughton in exchange for Norbury.〔Cox, J. Charles. 1877. ''Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire''. Page 229. Chesterfield, Edmonds.〕 The Fitzherberts held it until 1872.〔Bowyer, L.J. Rev. 1953. ''The Ancient Parish of Norbury''. Page 31. Ashbourne. J.B. Henstock.〕 The village steadily declined in population throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.〔Bowyer, L.J. Rev. 1953. ''The Ancient Parish of Norbury''. Page 33. Ashbourne. J.B. Henstock.〕 In 1841 the population of Norbury and Roston was 510, in 1895 there were 414 inhabitants. By 1935 there were 365 villagers, decreasing further to an estimated 315 in 1951. According to the 2001 census the population was 270.〔(" Area: Norbury and Roston CP (Parish)" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norbury, Derbyshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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