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Norbury Manor moated site is a medieval settlement complex located in Staffordshire, consisting of a substantial moated enclosure surrounded by eight fishponds connected by channels, representing a significant example of medieval manorial organisation and land management. The moated site itself dates primarily to the medieval period, when such water-filled defences and associated fishponds formed integral components of high-status domestic and agricultural estates. The fishponds, a distinctive feature of medieval aristocratic and gentry properties, would have served both practical and ornamental purposes, providing food resources whilst demonstrating the landowner's control over water and prestige. The survival of these earthworks, including the connecting channels that regulated water flow between the ponds, reflects the substantial investment made by the manor's owners in managing their landscape during the medieval period.
Norbury Manor moated site, 8 fishponds and connecting channels is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011875. View the official record →
Norbury Manor moated site is a medieval settlement complex located in Staffordshire, consisting of a substantial moated enclosure surrounded by eight fishponds connected by channels, representing a significant example of medieval manorial organisation and land management. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011875.
Norbury Manor moated site, 8 fishponds and connecting channels is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1011875.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on The Roundabout (0.8 km), Knightley Dale moated site (2.1 km), Quarry canal bridge (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Norbury Manor moated site, 8 fishponds and connecting channels's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Norbury Manor moated site, 8 fishponds and connecting channels stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.