Thurvaston is a small village in

South Derbyshire South Derbyshire is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Derbyshire, England. The district covers the towns of Melbourne, Derbyshire, Melbourne and Swadlincote as well as numerous villages and hamlets such as Hilton, Derbys ...

. In 1970 the population (together with

Osleston Osleston is a hamlet which together with Thurvaston makes up the parish of Osleston and Thurvaston. The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 267. It is north west of Derby Derby ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city ...

) was put at 200. This represents a general fall since 1871 when the population was just below 400. As at the census 2011, the population is now listed in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

of Osleston and Thurvaston.

History

Recent excavations have revealed extensive archaeological remains dating back from before 1400. In 2006, both Thurvaston and nearby

Sutton-on-the-Hill Sutton-on-the-Hill is a parish in south Derbyshire, west of Derby. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 123. The village is widely spread out and contains both a church (which, unlike most of the village, is on the hi ...

were identified as sites for future housing. This was based on a survey which identified the high cost of housing and the high number of bedrooms per residence compared with the small number of children in the area.Housing survey
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{{authority control Villages in Derbyshire South Derbyshire District

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