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Belper (UK Parliament Constituency)
Belper is a former constituency in the UK Parliament. It was created at the 1918 general election as a county division of Derbyshire, comprising the area in the centre of the county and surrounding Derby, and named after the market town of Belper although this was in the north of the constituency. In 1950 it was expanded to include the far south of the county. It was a marginal constituency for most of its existence. The area had an ever-expanding population after 1945 as prosperous suburbs of Derby were built outside the city boundaries. Lord George-Brown, who represented the seat at the time, wrote in 1971 after his defeat in the 1970 general election that "The electorate had increased by over 10,000 since 1966, mainly from the growth of middle-class housing estates, so that most of the new electors could be expected to vote Tory. Since my majority in 1966 was 4,274, an influx of 10,000 new voters, mainly Tory, obviously imperilled the seat." A Boundary Commission report issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heage Urban District
Heage is a village in Derbyshire, England, situated midway between Belper and Ripley in the Amber Valley district. The village is in the Heage and Ambergate ward, which in the 2011 census had a population of 5,013. Heage is known for its six-sailed windmill; building work started in 1791 and it was first recorded as working in 1797. Each of the six sails weighs nearly one ton, and the tower is built from local sandstone. The name Heage is derived from the Old English ''hēah'' and ''ecg'', and means 'high edge' or 'high ridge'. In 1817, the Lysons recorded that "Heage, alias High-edge, lies about five miles from Duffield, upon the road from Chesterfield to Derby. The manor, which had been parcel of the Earldom and Duchy of Lancaster, was granted, with Duffield, to Ditchfield and others. In 1629 it was conveyed to the Stanhope family. Sir William Stanhope bequeathed it, in 1703, to Godfrey Wentworth, Esq. his nephew, whose son of the same name sold it, in 1767, to Francis Hur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swadlincote
Swadlincote is a former mining town in the district of South Derbyshire, England, lying within The National Forest area. It borders the counties of Leicestershire and Staffordshire, south-east of Burton upon Trent and north-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and south-west of Derby. It also covers Newhall, Oversetts, Midway and the villages of Church Gresley and Woodville, with the sub-district of Goseley. It has a population of some 36,000. Castle Gresley is to the south-west and Albert Village to the south. History Swadlincote's name is derived from the Old English ', ' being a man's name and ' meaning cottages. Past forms of the name include Sivardingescote and Swartlincote.Lysons & Lysons, 1817, pp. 165–172. Local residents sometimes shorten its name to "Swad". The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded Swadlincote as a small manor. It was part of the parish of Gresley (latterly Church Gresley) until the 19th century.Lewis, 1848, pp. 280–283.Lewis, 1848, pp. 338–340. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South East Derbyshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
South East Derbyshire was a parliamentary constituency in Derbyshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. Boundaries 1950–1955: The Urban District of Long Eaton, and the Rural District of Shardlow. 1955–1974: The Urban District of Long Eaton, and the Rural District of Shardlow except the parishes included in the Derby North and Derby South constituencies (Chaddesden and Littleover). 1974–1983: The Urban District of Long Eaton, and the Rural District of South East Derbyshire. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1950s Elections in the 1960s Elections in the 1970s See also *List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies *Unreformed House o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Derbyshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
West Derbyshire was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885, until it was replaced by the Derbyshire Dales (UK Parliament constituency), Derbyshire Dales constituency in the 2010 general election, it elected one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system. It was a safe Conservative seat for most of its existence. Boundaries This was the only really safe Conservative seat in Derbyshire, consisting mostly of rural villages and tourist towns like Bakewell and Matlock, Derbyshire, Matlock; Labour's only strengths were in Wirksworth and Masson, not enough to end the long-standing Conservative representation of this seat. Boundary review Following their review of parliamentary representation in Derbyshire, the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Derbyshire Dales (UK Parliament constituency) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willington, Derbyshire
Willington is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 2,604, increasing to 2,864 at the 2011 Census. Geography Willington is on the River Trent about southwest of Derby. The parish is within of the Staffordshire county boundary and the village is about northeast of Burton upon Trent. The village is at the crossroads of the north–south B5008 road (for Findern, Repton and Winshill), and the east–west A5132 road (formerly the B5009, linking Hilton and Swarkestone). The A5132 carried a lot of Nottingham – Stoke-on-Trent traffic before the A50 road was opened in September 1997. History Toponymy The toponym Willington is derived from the Old English ''tun'' (homestead or farm) among the willows. In the Domesday Book, the village is called ''Willetune'' or ''Willentune'', and the land was held by Ralph FitzHubert and was an agricultural village on the flood plain of the Trent. The v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickleover
Mickleover is a large suburban village of Derby, in Derbyshire, England. It is west of Derby city centre, northeast of Burton-upon-Trent, west of Nottingham city centre, southeast of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Ashbourne and northeast of Uttoxeter. History The earliest recorded mention of Mickleover (and its close neighbour, Littleover) comes in 1011, when an early charter has Æthelred the Unready, King Aethelred granting Morcar, a high-ranking Mercian Thegn, land along the Trent and in Eastern Derbyshire, including land in the Mickleover and Littleover areas, consolidating estates he had inherited in North-East Derbyshire from his kinsman through marriage, Wulfric Spot, who founded Burton-on-Trent Abbey, Burton Abbey on the Staffs-Derbys border. The village appears in Domesday Book when it was still owned by the abbey. At the time of the Domesday Book, Domesday Survey, 1086, Mickleover was known as Magna (the Old English version of this is Micel) Oufra. Magna, in early Latin me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Findern
Findern is a village and civil parish in the District of South Derbyshire, approximately 5–6 miles south of Derby (Grid reference: ). The population of the civil parish was 1,669 at the 2011 Census. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book, when it was held by Burton Abbey as an outlier of Mickleover. A priory once stood near the church, where the monks were supplied with fresh food from the fishponds on Common Piece Lane. After the dissolution of the abbey the Fynderne family, as the principal land-owners, took ownership of the village and the remaining Chapel of Ease. The Fyndernes lived in a fortified manor house on Castle Hill, though none of the house remains. Sir Geoffrey de Fynderne left the village to join the Crusades, and brought back the Findern Flower, which in the UK only grows in the village, and only in particular areas. The flower has become an emblem of the village and is represented in many guises, including the emblem of Findern Primary School on Hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egginton
Egginton is a village and civil parish in the local government district of South Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 574. Location The village is located just off Ryknild Street, otherwise known as the A38, between Derby and Stretton, Burton upon Trent. It is historically a farming community. Due to a historical legal situation, no alcohol is allowed to be sold in the village and hence there is no village pub. In Fishpond Lane there is a row of tenants' cottages, some of which have their windows bricked up, dating back to the days of window-tax. The village does not have a war memorial in the normal sense but it has a memorial hall which doubles as the village school and as a community hall. Airfield After the closure of the former Burnaston Airport nearby, Derby Airfield was established at Egginton. The small airfield houses a community of light aircraft owners, an aero club and supporting aircraft maintenance firms. Railw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalbury Lees
Dalbury Lees is a parish in south Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census (including Trusley) was 306. It is about six miles (10 km) from both Burton-on-Trent and Derby and just under four miles (6 km) from Egginton. The parish contains the villages of Dalbury and Lees which are just under apart from one another. Dalbury Lees has been known as Dalbury and as Dalbury with Lees, but ''Dalbury Lees'' is the preferred term History In late Victorian times the name was said to have developed from the Old Norse deity name Dellingr,Karry (1897:63). Dalbury is mentioned twice in the Domesday book where it is spelt ''Delbebi'' and ''Dellingeberie''. The book records ''Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.744-9 firstly that there were three bovates which are berewicks of the manor of Mickleover which at that time belonged to the Abbey of Burton. The Abbey held various manors including Appleby Magna, Winshill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bretby
Bretby is a village and civil parish in the south of Derbyshire, England, north of Swadlincote and east of Burton upon Trent, on the border between Derbyshire and Staffordshire. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 893. The name means "dwelling place of Britons". On the A511 road (formerly A50), there is a secondary settlement, Stanhope Bretby, which was the site of Bretby Colliery. History Bretby is believed to be the site of a major battle between the Danes and Kingdom of Mercia in 880. This manor (''Bretebi'') was in the Domesday Book in 1086. Under the title of "The land of the King (in Derbyshire" it said: In Newton Solney and Bretby Ælfgar had seven carucates of land to the geld. There is land for six ploughs. There the king has one plough and nineteen villans and one bordar with five ploughs. There are of meadow, woodland pasture two leagues long and three furlongs broad. TRETRE in Latin is ''Tempore Regis Edwardi''. This means in the time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bearwardcote
Bearwardcote is a civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 26. The hamlet is located from Mickleover, from Willington and south west of Derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gai .... In the Anglo-Saxon period bears were first kept for the purposes of diversion or baiting. The officer in charge was called the "bearward"; hence Bearwardcote points out his place of residence. References External links * Hamlets in Derbyshire Civil parishes in Derbyshire South Derbyshire District {{Derbyshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
