DESCRIPTION

The parish of Norbury, containing the hamlet of Roston lies close to the Staffordshire border and by the River Dove, 5 miles west of Ashbourne. The church is mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086 and included in the large estate of Henry de Ferrers. The Fitzherberts later held the Norbury estate for several generations. The Maskrey family lived at the Hall as tenants of the Fitzherberts for many years. Later the Clowes family occupied the property and became the principal landowners. The church, the manor house (built mainly in the 1660s), and the remains of the medieval manor house are grouped together in a pleasant setting.

The church contains some interesting monuments, mainly to the Fitzherbert family, whose names were attached to Norbury for so long. The church was restored in 1841 and again in 1899, by the Clowes family. The registers date from 1686 and are now deposited at the County Record Office in Matlock.

Norbury has connections with George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans). Her father Robert Evans was born at Roston in 1773 and sang in Norbury church choir. He is said to have made the wooden altar which is now in the north aisle. His parents are buried in the churchyard.

LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions

ADAMS	ADAMSON	ADDERSLEY	ALLEN	APPLEBY
ARCHER	ATKIN	AUSTIN	BARLOW	BATES
BATTLE	BAYNES	BEAUMONT	BEDNALL	BILL
BINGHAM	BIRCH	BLOOD	BOND	BOTHAM
BOTHE	BOULDER	BOWLER	BOWLER	BOWLES
BOYDEN	BRIDGETT	BROADWELL	BROOK	BROUGHTON
BRUMBY	BULL	BURDETT	BURTON	BUXTON
CALVERT	CAMPION	CARR	CHADWICK	CLARKE
CLEMENT	CLOWES	CLULOW	COPESTAKE	COTTON
COXON	CRESWELL	CRITCHLOW	CROWTHER	CUST
DAUGHTRY	DAVIS	DE VEER	DE(A)VILLE	DEAKIN
DEANE	DEGGE	DROPE	DYCHE	EDWARDS
EMMERSON	EVANS	FARRER	FEARN	FINNEY
FISKE	FITZHERBERT	FROGGATT	FROST	GADSBY
GAMON	GEOFFREYS	GERARD	GOODACRE	GOSS
GRANVILLE	GRAYSTON	GREEN	GREENSMITH	GROCOTT
GYDE	HAMMOND	HARDING	HARDY	HARPUR
HARRISON	HARTSHORNE	HAWKES	HAWKSWORTH	HEADLEY
HEAP	HEATH	HIGGINS	HOLLINS	HOLMES
HOOWARTH	HOWARD	HUNTER	JACKSON	JOHNSON
JOURDAIN	KEELING	KENT	KINGSTON	KNIVETON DE
LAMBURN	LANGTON	LARNER	LEAR	LEMING
LEY	LINES	LISTER	LITTLETON	LOWE
LYGO	MARLOW	MARSHALL	MARSON	MASKREY/ERY
MASON	MASSEY	MATHERS	MELLOR	MEYNELL
MIDDLETON	MILES	MILES	MOLYNEUX	MORE
MORRIS	MOSS	MOULD	NADEN	NASH
NEWTON	NICKALLS	NOON	OAKDEN	OLDAKER
OLDHAM	ORPE	PAKEMAN	PARKER	PEAKE
PEARSON	PHILLIPS	PRATT	PRINCE	PYPIS
RANDELL	REID	RIDDLE	ROBERTS	ROE
ROLLO	ROOBOTTOM	ROSS	SACHEVERELL	SALLISBURY
SALT	SAMPSON	SAMWAY	SAUNDERS	SCOTNEY
SEATON	SHAW	SHEPHERD	SHERRAT DE LEIGH	SHIPTON
SHOUT	SILLITTO	SLATTER	SMITH	STANTON
STONIER	STORER	STOTT	STRETTON	STURGESS
TARR	TEMPLETON	THOMASSON	THORLEY	TILLEY
TIMMIS	TOMLINSON	TROLLOPE	TURNER	UDALL
UTTING	VOSE	WAGSTAFF	WALKER	WALTHO
WARING	WATKINSON	WEBB	WESTON	WHEELDON
WHITGRAVE	WILD	WILLIAMS	WILLIAMSON	WILSON
WOOD	WOODFINE	WOOLLEY	YEOMANS

MONUMENTAL MASONS

ANDERSON	GARRATT	HAYNES	MORIN	WALKER
DAVENPORT	GOODALL	HOLLINS	MOUNSEY	WILLIAMS
FORD	HARDY	KING	OLDHAM	WINFIELD
HART	LAMB	OWEN	WITTON

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