tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152950892272252636.post6225696779874326102..comments2024-03-26T14:25:37.365-07:00Comments on Edith's Streets: Thames Tributary River Mole - Norbury ParkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152950892272252636.post-65367945653325056572014-07-05T06:25:19.951-07:002014-07-05T06:25:19.951-07:00In relation to your enquiry about The Priory. It ...In relation to your enquiry about The Priory. It is called this because it was built on lands that once belonged to Merton Priory, shown on old maps as the Priory Lands. What is now known as Mickleham Priory is on the same site as the present Norbury Park Farm. This was the site on which the original Norbury House stood, which belonged to the Tryon family. In Jane Austen's novel 'Emma' Mr Knightley's estate of Donwell Abbey can be identified as being Norbury Park, while Emma's house called Hartfield in the novel can be identified as Thorncroft Manor. In the novel the author places Donwell Abbey half a mile west from the real site and places Abbey Mill Farm on the site of The Priory. The famous view of the farm described in the novel is an exact replica of the view in reality. For more details see my book "Jane Austen - a New Revelation".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com