Doveridge is a village and

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Derbyshire 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 a ...

, United Kingdom, near the border with

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and about east of

Uttoxeter Uttoxeter ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in the East Staffordshire borough of Staffordshire, England. It is near to the Derbyshire county border. The town is from Burton upon Trent via the A50 and the A38, from Stafford via the A51 ...

. Its name may come from its having a bridge over the river Dove (i.e. Dove(B)ridge), a tributary of the River Trent. The civil parish population (including Oaks Green) as taken at the 2011 Census was 1,622. Doveridge has a pub, the "Cavendish Arms", a village shop, and a

working men's club Working men's clubs are British private social clubs first created in the 19th century in industrial areas, particularly the North of England, Midlands, Scotland, Northern Ireland and South Wales Valleys, to provide recreation and education ...

. The village also has a football team and a cricket team, both quite successful in their local leagues.

History

Doveridge was recorded in the

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, under the old English name "Dubbige", as belonging to

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Henry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including

Tissington Tissington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tissington and Lea Hall, in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 158. The population "Tissington and Lea Hall" at the 20 ...

, Hartshorne, Cubley,

Aston-on-Trent Aston-on-Trent is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the South Derbyshire district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. The parish had a population of 1,682 at the 2011 Census. It is adjacent to Weston-on-Trent and near ...

and Cowley, and being worth one hundred shillings.''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.746 According to legend, Robin Hood and Maid Marian were married under the old yew tree in the churchyard of St Cuthbert's Church in the village. The church is over 900 years old and has an historic peal of bells. Doveridge hall, designed in the

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and completed in 1769, was the seat of

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; it was demolished in 1938. This branch of the Cavendish family holds the title of

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. The A50 from

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Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England. It has an estimated population of 259,965 as of 2022, making it the largest settlement in Staffordshire ...

used to run through the village. In the 1960s it was planned to widen this road, and Cavendish Lodge, a splendid 16 room, 17th century hunting lodge, belonging to the Lewis family, was knocked down. Shortly afterwards the road widening plan was dropped; however a by-pass was built in 1998 to the north of the village.

Governance

The village has its own civil parish. Doveridge is part of the Doveridge and Sudbury ward in

Derbyshire Dales Derbyshire Dales ( ) is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Derbyshire, England. The district was created in 1974 as West Derbyshire; the name was changed to Derbyshire Dales in 1987. The council is based in the town of Matl ...

District Council and is represented by Jacqueline Allison, an Independent who won this normally safe

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...

seat in 2019 election. Doveridge is part of the Derbyshire Dales constituency.

Public services

Despite being in Derbyshire, Doveridge uses the Uttoxeter (01889) area code.

Transport

The A50 runs to the north of the village and is the main way into the village. Doveridge has 5 bus Stops and is served by routes 1 and 1E. The Nearest Railway station is

. The nearest airport is

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Media

The local newspapers covering the area are the ''Uttoxeter Advertiser'' and the ''Uttoxeter Post and Times''. The BBC local radio station is

BBC Radio Derby BBC Radio Derby is the Local BBC Radio, BBC's local radio station serving Derbyshire and East Staffordshire. It broadcasts on frequency modulation, FM, AM broadcasting, AM, Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from s ...

and the local independent station is

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. Doveridge is covered by the Central ITV and

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TV regions.

References

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