It). Edwy Searles Brooks (1889–1965), novelist Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912), composer John Creasey (1908–1973), detective-story writer Dave (1998–), rapper Janet Francis (1947–), actress Deryck Guyler (1914–1999), actor Wee Willie Harris (1933–), singer Will Hay (1888–1949), comedian and actor Libera, boys' choir Michael Moorcock (1939–), writer and musician Osh (1995–), singer Robert Prizeman (1952–2021), composer Ralph Reader (1903–1982), actor Stormzy (1993–), rapper Roxanne Tataei (1988–), singer Nearest railway stations Norbury railway station Mitcham Eastfields railway station Streatham Common railway station Streatham railway station Mitcham Junction railway station Thornton Heath railway station In fiction Norbury is portrayed in a Sherlock Holmes short story, "The Adventure of the Yellow Face", as one of the few places in which the detective turned out to be wrong regarding his theories (as referenced in the episode "The Six Thatchers" of the BBC television series Sherlock). Norbury is mentioned in Penelope Fitzgerald's The Beginning of Spring (1988). The character of Nellie Reid, who is central to the plot, but who does not appear until the book's final sentence, is from Norbury; and it is repeatedly mentioned throughout the book in contrast to a very different type of life in Moscow. Norbury station features in the song "Lesley", from rapper Dave's debut album Psychodrama (2019). References Districts of the London Borough of Croydon Districts of the London Borough of Lambeth Districts of the London Borough of Merton Areas of London District centres of London