Rodsley is a small village and civil parish about south of
Ashbourne in
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the no ...
. As the population of the village was less than 100 at the 2011 Census, details are included in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...
of
Yeaveley
Yeaveley is a small village and civil parish near Rodsley and 4 miles south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish (including Rodsley) as at the 2011 census was 396.
The village has no school but does have a public hous ...
.
History
Nearby Hollington and Rodsley (then spelt ''Redeslei'' or ''Redlesleie'') are included as manors in the 1086 Domesday Survey as belonging to
Henry de Ferrers
Henry de Ferrers (died by 1100), magnate and administrator, was a Norman who after the 1066 Norman conquest was awarded extensive lands in England.
Origins
He was the eldest son of Vauquelin de Ferrers and in about 1040 inherited his father's ...
, who was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire. His descendants became the
Earls of Derby and still owned land in
Shirley in the nineteenth century. Mention is also made of the
abbey of Burton as having an interest.
In 1881, Rodsley had a population of 136 people.
It has been calculated that in 1901, Rodsley represented the
population centre of Britain. This centre has been travelling southwards through
Longford
Longford () is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It has a population of 10,008 according to the 2016 census. It is the biggest town in the county and about one third of the county's population lives there. Longford lies at the meet ...
(in 1911) and was lying somewhere near
Appleby Parva on the Derbyshire to Leicestershire border in 2000.
Appleby Magna – centre of Britain
Notable residents
Saint Ralph Sherwin was born here in 1550. He was canonised (declared a saint) in 1970 and his feast day is 1 December – the day he died in 1581.
See also
* Listed buildings in Rodsley
Notes and references
External links
1840 Tithe Map for Rodsley
Villages in Derbyshire
Civil parishes in Derbyshire
Towns and villages of the Peak District
Derbyshire Dales
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