Weston Underwood, Derbyshire

Weston Underwood is an agricultural village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire. The population of the Civil Parish (comprising the Villages of Weston Underwood, Muggington and Muggington Lane End) as taken at the 2011 Census was 374.[1] It is just over five miles (8 km) from Derby. Nearby places are Mugginton, Kedleston Hall and Carsington Water.

See also: Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire

Weston Underwood

Weston Underwood
Weston Underwood
Location within Derbyshire
Population374 (2011)_
OS grid referenceSK2942
Civil parish
  • Weston Underwood
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAshbourne
Postcode districtDE6
Dialling code01335
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

History

Weston Underwood is mentioned in the Domesday Book.[2]

In 1086, the book notes that

"In Weston Underwood, Wolfsige had 1 carucate of land to the geld. There is land for one plough. There is now one ploughs in demesne and six villans and six bordars have two ploughs.Therebare six acres of pasture and woodland pasture a league long and half a league broad. Value was 40 shillings now twenty shillings. Gulbert holds it for Ralph de Buron."

References
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.752


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