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Civil Parishes In Derbyshire
This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, England, divided by district. There are 274 civil parishes. Amber Valley Part of the former Alfreton Urban District is unparished. Bolsover District, Bolsover The whole of the district is parished. Borough of Chesterfield, Chesterfield The former Municipal Borough of Chesterfield, Chesterfield Municipal Borough is unparished. * Brimington * Staveley, Derbyshire, Staveley (town) Derby The former County Borough of Derby, Derby County Borough is unparished. Derbyshire Dales The whole of the district is parished. Borough of Erewash, Erewash The former Municipal Borough of Ilkeston, Ilkeston Municipal Borough and part of the former Long Eaton Urban District are unparished. High Peak, Derbyshire, High Peak The former Municipal Borough of Buxton, Buxton Municipal Borough and Municipal Borough of Glossop, Glossop Municipal Borough are unparished. North East Derbyshire The whole of the district i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derbyshire Numbered Districts
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south and west, and Cheshire to the west. Derby is the largest settlement, and Matlock is the county town. The county has an area of and a population of 1,053,316. The east of the county is more densely populated than the west, and contains the county's largest settlements: Derby (261,400), Chesterfield (88,483), and Swadlincote (45,000). For local government purposes Derbyshire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with eight districts, and the Derby unitary authority area. The East Midlands Combined County Authority includes Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council. The north and centre of Derbyshire are hilly and contain the southern end of the Pennines, most of which are part of the Peak District National Park. They include Kinder S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denby
Denby is a village in the England, English county of Derbyshire that is notable as the birthplace of John Flamsteed, England's first Astronomer Royal, and the location of the Denby Pottery Company. Denby is east from Belper and north of Derby. Denby is home to John Flamsteed Community School, a secondary school which is named after John Flamsteed. The village was once served by Denby railway station on the Midland Railway Ripley Branch. The population at the 2001 Census was 1,827, increasing to 2,190 at the 2011 Census. Other settlements in Denby parish *Denby Common is a hamlet 1 mile to the north east of Denby village, on the outskirts of Loscoe. *Codnor Breach, another hamlet, merges into Denby Common. *Denby Bottles is half a mile to the west of Denby Village. *Smithy Houses lies north west of Denby Village, along the B6179 road. All four of these, along with a small southern area of Marehay in Ripley, Derbyshire, Ripley, and a small portion of Openwoodgate near Belpe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackworth, Amber Valley
Mackworth is a village and civil parish in the borough of Amber Valley, in Derbyshire, England. The United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census recorded a population for the parish of 229. Mackworth is about from Derby and from Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Ashbourne. It shares its name with the nearby Mackworth, Derby, Mackworth Estate in Derby. Heritage Mackworth, a conservation village, is mentioned in the Domesday Book and has evidence of Roman occupation. The site of the original medieval village can still be seen in the slopes of the hillside. Historically, the parish also contained the neighbouring village of Markeaton, See also *Listed buildings in Mackworth, Amber Valley References External links * * {{authority control Villages in Derbyshire Civil parishes in Derbyshire Geography of Amber Valley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Langley
Kirk Langley is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire. The village is northwest of Derby and south east of Brailsford on the A52 road. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census (including Meynell Langley) was 686. The Meynell family have held land at Kirk Langley since the reign of Henry I, and the village consists of two parts, Kirk Langley with the parish church, and Meynell Langley. The former Meynell Arms Hotel, now a private house, dates from the Georgian period. The Poles of Radbourne have also had landed interests in this area for many years. In the late 1940s a small council estate was built at Kirk Langley, close to the A52. The Church of St Michael was built in the early 14th century on the site of a much older one, for which traces of a Saxon wall near the west door provides some evidence. It has a Perpendicular tower and contains heraldic glass and tiles. The screen under the tower is one of the oldest timber screens in Derbyshire. There are m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilburn, Derbyshire
Kilburn is a village and civil parish in the England, English county of Derbyshire, known as Kilbourne until around 100 years ago. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 3,618. Forming part of the borough of Amber Valley, Kilburn has few amenities for the people who live there including a local police station, community officer and several parks for young children. The village was historically served by Kilburn railway station on the Midland Railway Ripley Branch. Kilburn used to have two public houses: The Hunters Arms and the Travellers Rest. Only the Hunters Arm remains open. There is also a working men's club (Kilburn Social Club) adjoined to the football field at the back of Chapel Street. The other prominent features of the village include the War Memorial situated at the top of Bywell Lane, and the Village Hall on Church St, which hosts various leisure activities and is available for residents to hire and use via their Facebook page. Kilburn is se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kedleston
Kedleston is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, approximately north-west of Derby. Nearby places include Quarndon, Weston Underwood, Mugginton and Kirk Langley. The population at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Mackworth, Amber Valley. History Kedleston was mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Henry de FerrersHenry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including Great Longstone, Wormhill, Duffield and Cowley. and having a mill. It was valued at 20 shillings.''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.749 The name of the village derives from ''Ketel’s tūn,'' the homestead belonging to Ketel, from the Old Norse ''Ketill'' The medieval village was demolished by the Curzons to build Kedleston Hall Kedleston Hall is a neo-classical manor house owned by the National Trust, and seat of the :Curzon family, Curzon family, located near Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ironville
Ironville in Derbyshire, England, was built about 1830 by the Butterley Company as a model village to house its workers. The population of the civil parish was 1,930 at the 2021 Census. It is situated between Riddings and Codnor Park. John Wright and William Jessop had purchased the land adjacent to the Cromford Canal from Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall in 1809. The village was notable for its large gardens, and its rural setting. The Mechanics Institute was built in 1846; schools were provided in 1850 and a parish church in 1852. The local authority modernised parts of the village in the late twentieth century. Nearby is Pye Hill and the bend in the Cromford Canal where it turns southward down the Erewash Valley and the junction with its extension to Pinxton. About a quarter of a mile north east is another transport landmark, Pye Bridge at the junction of the Erewash Valley The River Erewash is a river in England, a tributary of the River Trent that flows rough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idridgehay And Alton
Idridgehay and Alton is a civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 275. Its principal settlements are the village of Idridgehay and the hamlet (place), hamlets of Alton, Idridgehay Green and Ireton Wood. The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway line runs parallel to the parish. See also *Listed buildings in Idridgehay and Alton External links References Civil parishes in Derbyshire Geography of Amber Valley {{Derbyshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horsley Woodhouse
Horsley Woodhouse is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 1,219. It is situated on the A609 road between the neighbouring villages of Kilburn, Derbyshire, Kilburn and Smalley, Derbyshire, Smalley. The nearest towns are Heanor, situated northeast, and Belper, northwest, while the city of Derby is located about south-southwest. The name is said to mean "houses in the wood belonging to Horsley", and is often known by its dialect pronunciation "Ossley Woodhus". Carnival Each year in July the village hosts a carnival with a parade of floats from the Medical Centre to the showground at the Sitwell Recreation Ground. A prize, the Twins Cup, is awarded to the best float each year. The winner in 2010 was the Pirate Ship created by the Stainsby Avenue residents. The prize was split in 2011 between the Stainsby Avenue residents' Circus float, and the Pre-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horsley, Derbyshire
Horsley is a small village in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, roughly 5 miles north of the City of Derby, England, with a population of 973 at the 2011 Census. The parish church of St Clement and St John, which dates from the 13th century, was rededicated in 1450. It is noted for its fine peal of bells. The main street is Church Street which runs from east to west through the village. Horsley has three main focal points: the village green at the West side of the village, the crossroads of The Dovecote, French Lane and Church Street, and the junction of Church Street, Lady Lea Road and Smalley Mill Road (known locally as "the triangle"). Each of these points boasts a fountain, donated to the village in 1864 by Reverend Sitwell. The fountains were named Sophia, Rosamund and Blanche after the Sitwell family's daughters. The Sitwells of Horlsey, Derbyshire, were related to the Sitwell family of Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire, where they had inherited the lordship o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holbrook, Derbyshire
Holbrook is a village in Derbyshire at the southern end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,538. History Holbrook lies about two miles to the north-east of Duffield, Derbyshire, Duffield, the parish of which it was a part, being within Duffield Frith. When the latter was seized by King Henry III of England, King Henry III following the rebellion of Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby it appears to have been spared. However it became the property of Edmund Crouchback along with the rest of the Frith. It was sold by the Crown to various local copyholders in the reign of King Charles I of England, Charles I. It included the Messuage, capital messuage, called ''Cocksbench'', or ''Coxbench Hall''. Coxbench, which is a hamlet just to the south, but in Horsley, Derbyshire, Horsley parish, is supposed to have been the "Herdebi" mentioned in the Domesday Survey, as held under Henry de Ferrers; and the ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heanor And Loscoe
Heanor and Loscoe is a civil parish within the Amber Valley, Amber Valley district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England. Mainly built up with rural fringes, its population was 17,337 during the 2021 census, a small increase from the 17,251 residents of the 2011 census. The parish is north west of London, north east of the county city of Derby, and contains the market town of Heanor along with other areas. It shares a boundary with the parishes of Aldercar and Langley Mill, Codnor, Denby, Shipley, Derbyshire, Shipley and Smalley, Derbyshire, Smalley. Geography Location Placement and size Heanor and Loscoe parish is surrounded by the following local Derbyshire places: * Codnor, Langley Mill and Woodlinkin to the north * Heanor Gate, Smalley and Shipley to the south * Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, Eastwood to the east * Denby to the west. It is in area, in length and in width, within the south western portion of the Erewash district, and is to the south east of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
