[2] The estate is named after the Norreys family from Ockwells Manor in Cox Green, Berkshire and Yattendon Castle.
[2] More specifically the name was taken from the large Norreys Avenue, which now runs through the southern portion of the estate.
This road was built on arable farmland in the late 1940s as emergency housing during World War II.
It starts off at a junction off Wiltshire Road, heads slightly NNE before turning sharply north, then east, the curving around back to a southern direction, forming the distinctive "n" shape.
In 2011, the Council proposed to demolish the 1960s blocks of flats on Eustace Crescent and replace them with more modern, low-rise accommodation, due to the deteriorating quality of the buildings.