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NORLEY, a village and a township-chapelry in Frodsham parish, Cheshire. The village stands near Delamere forest, 2¾ miles W S W of Acton r. station, and 4½ S E of Frodsham; is a scattered place; and has a post-office under Preston-Brook. The chapelry comprises 1, 367acres. Real property, £3, 303. Pop., 728. Houses, 145. The manor belongs to A. H. S. Barry, Esq. Norley House is the seat of the Hon. A. Lascelles; and Norley Hall, of S. Woodhouse, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester. Value, £64. Patron, S. Woodhouse, Esq. The church was built in 1832, repaired and improved in 1863; and is in the pointed style, with a pinnacled tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and United Free Methodists, and an endowed churchschool.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Frodsham CP/AP Norley CP/Ch Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Norley |
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