[1] The manor was owned by the FitzHerbert family from the 12th century, granted to William Fitz-Herbert in fee-farm by the Tutbury Priory in 1125.

[2] Norbury Hall, built by William FitzHerbert in the mid-14th century and otherwise known as The Old Manor, is remarkably well preserved.

[1] The adjoining Norbury Manor was rebuilt in about 1680, replacing an earlier Tudor house, and has nineteenth-century additions.

The manor was badly damaged by Parliamentary forces during the English Civil War and after the death of Sir John FitzHerbert in 1649 was in a ruinous state and fell into disuse.

[3] The site has been owned by the National Trust since 1987; the manor is currently used as holiday accommodation,[4] having previously been let to tenants.