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Kedleston is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, approximately north-west of Derby. Nearby places include Quarndon, Weston Underwood, Mugginton and Kirk Langley. The population at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Mackworth, Amber Valley. History Kedleston was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de FerrersHenry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including Great Longstone, Wormhill, Duffield and Cowley. and having a mill. It was valued at 20 shillings.''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.749 The name of the village derives from ''Ketel’s tūn,'' the homestead belonging to Ketel, from the Old Norse ''Ketill'' The medieval village was demolished by the Curzons to build Kedleston Hall, the historic residence of the Curzon family now run by the National Trust. The parish Church adjacent to the hall All Saints is all that remain ...
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All Saints Church, Kedleston
All Saints' Church, Kedleston, is a redundant church, redundant Anglican Church approx. 4 miles [6km] north-west of Derby, and all that remains of the medieval village of Kedleston, demolished in 1759 by Nathaniel Curzon to make way for the adjacent Kedleston Hall, a English country house, country house in Derbyshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I Listed building#England and Wales, listed building. Kedleston Hall is owned by the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, National Trust, and the church is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Kedleston Hall has been occupied by the Curzon family for over 700 years. History The settlement of Kedleston was recorded in the Domesday Book, and the first mention of a church here was in 1198–99. The only remaining part of that church is the Norman architecture, Norman south doorway and the adjoining wall. The greater part of th ...
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Wormhill
Wormhill is a village and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England, situated east by north of Buxton. The population of the civil parish including Peak Dale was 1,020 at the 2011 Census. Wormhill was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de FerrersHenry was given a large number manors in Derbyshire including Aston-on-Trent, Breaston, Duffield and Swarkestone. and containing of meadow.''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.749 The name is said by the English Place-Name Society to be derived from the Old English 'Wyrma's hyll'. There was a tradition of wolf hunting in Wormhill in the fourteenth century. It was said that a living was made by some and that an annual tribute of wolfheads was shown. It has been reported that the last wolf killed in England was at Wormhill Hall in the 15th century.
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Villages In Derbyshire
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture, and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church.
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Listed Buildings In Kedleston
Kedleston is a civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 19 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, four are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, eight are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Kedleston and the surrounding area. The major building in the parish is Kedleston Hall, which is listed together with associated structures, including a church, and buildings in the gardens and surrounding park. The listed buildings outside the park are a rectory, a forge, smithy converted into a private house, and a milepost. __NOTOC__ Key Buildings References Citations Sources

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George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon Of Kedleston
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, (11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925), styled Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and then Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905. During the First World War, Curzon was Leader of the House of Lords and from December 1916 served in the small War Cabinet of Prime Minister David Lloyd George and in the War Policy Committee. He went on to serve as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the Foreign Office from 1919 to 1924. In 1923, Curzon was a contender for the office of Prime Minister, but Bonar Law and some other leading Conservatives preferred Stanley Baldwin for the office. Early life Curzon was the eldest son and the second of the eleven children of Alfred Curzon, 4th Baron Scarsdale (1831–1916), who was the Rector of Kedleston in Derbyshire. George Curzon's mother was Blanche (1837–1875), the daugh ...
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Robert Of Courçon
Robert of Courson or Courçon (also written de Curson, or Curzon, ''Princes of the Church'', p. 173.) ( 1160/1170 – 1219) was a scholar at the University of Paris and later a cardinal and papal legate. Life Robert of Courson was born in England some time between 1160 and 1170. Little is known about his family or early life. He may have been a member of an Anglo-Norman family originating from the village of Notre-Dame-de-Courson in Normandy. Robert was a student of the Parisian theologian Peter the Chanter - a reference to Peter's death in 1197 in Robert's ''Summa'' indicates that he must have studied with the Chanter near the end of his career in the 1190s. According to Caesarius of Heisterbach, Robert taught theology at the University of Paris, probably starting sometime before 1200 and ending when he became a cardinal priest of Saint Stephen of Mount Celius in 1212. Prior to that time he had served as a judge delegate in Paris. In 1213, when Innocent III proclaimed the Fourth ...
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Churches Conservation Trust
The Churches Conservation Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk in England. The charity cares for over 350 churches of architectural, cultural and historic significance, which have been transferred into its care by the Church of England. The Trust works to prevent any deterioration in the condition of the buildings in its care and to ensure they are in use as community assets. Local communities are encouraged to use them for activities and events and the buildings provide an educational resource, allowing children and young people to study history, architecture and other subjects. Most of the churches saved from closure are Grade I or Grade II* listed. Many are open to visitors as heritage sites on a daily basis and nearly 2 million people visit the Trust's churches each year. The majority of the churches remain consecrated, though they are not used for regular worship. History The trust was established by the Pastoral Measure ...
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National Trust For Places Of Historic Interest Or Natural Beauty
The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a charity and membership organisation for heritage conservation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, there is a separate and independent National Trust for Scotland. The Trust was founded in 1895 by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley to "promote the permanent preservation for the benefit of the Nation of lands and tenements (including buildings) of beauty or historic interest". It was given statutory powers, starting with the National Trust Act 1907. Historically, the Trust acquired land by gift and sometimes by public subscription and appeal, but after World War II the loss of country houses resulted in many such properties being acquired either by gift from the former owners or through the National Land Fund. Country houses and estates still make up a significant part of its holdings, but it is also known for its protection of wild lands ...
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Viscount Scarsdale
Viscount Scarsdale, of Scarsdale in Derbyshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1911 for the prominent Conservative politician and former Viceroy of India George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston, who was created Earl Curzon of Kedleston at the same time and was later made Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. History The first member of the Curzon family to hold a hereditary title was John Curzon, who was created a baronet, of Kedleston in the County of Derby, in both the Baronetage of Nova Scotia (18 June 1636) and the Baronetage of England (11 August 1641). His grandson, the third Baronet, sat as a Member of Parliament for Derbyshire. His younger brother, the fourth Baronet, represented Derby, Clitheroe and Derbyshire in the House of Commons. His eldest son, the fifth Baronet, also sat as a Member of Parliament for Clitheroe and Derbyshire. In 1761 he was created Baron Scarsdale, of Scarsdale in the County of Derby, in the Peerage of Great Brit ...
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Kedleston Hall
Kedleston Hall is a neo-classical manor house, and seat of the :Curzon family, Curzon family, located in Kedleston, Derbyshire, approximately 4 miles (6 km) north-west of Derby. The medieval village of Kedleston was moved in 1759 by Nathaniel Curzon to make way for the manor. All that remains of the original village is the 12th century All Saints Church, Kedleston. Members of the family have held 14 hereditary titles such as: George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Earl Howe, Viscount Scarsdale, Earl Curzon of Kedleston, Earl Howe, Viscount Curzon, Viscount Scarsdale,Hall, S. C. 1800-1889. (2016). ''Stately homes of england.'' Place of publication not identified: Nabu Press. Earl Howe, Viscounts Howe, Viscount Scarsdale, Curzon of Kedleston, Viscount Scarsdale, Baron Scarsdale, Baron Ravensdale, Lord of the Manor of Curzon, Earl Howe, Baron Howe, Baron Curzon (other), Baron Curzon, Baronet Mosley, and Baronet of Kedleston Hall. ...
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Cowley, Derbyshire
Cowley is a small dispersed hamletCowley, North East Derbyshire - area information, map, walks and more
Retrieved 2018-03-27. in , consisting of a few private houses and functioning farms strung out along Cowley Lane, which runs between the village of and the "Hill Top" neighbourhood of the town of (where the population is included). Until 2001 it held an annu ...
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Duffield, Derbyshire
Duffield is a village in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, north of Derby. It is centred on the western bank of the River Derwent at the mouth of the River Ecclesbourne. It is within the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Area and the southern foothills of the Pennines. History Early history There have been humans in the area, probably, from the Iron Age. A palaeolithic hand axe has been discovered near the head of the River Ecclesbourne at Hopton. In the Duffield area itself, settlement by the Celts occurred in 400BCE. Although it has been suggested that, once farming began, they would have inhabited the plains of the Derwent and Ecclesbourne, they would most likely have retreated to higher ground during the winter floods. The Romans arrived in the area in 43CE. It has been suggested that they built a fort to protect the ford across which the caravans of lead from Wirksworth joined Rykneld Street at Derby, en route for the North Sea ports, though this is disputed. ...
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