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Overseal Swifts F.C. Players
Overseal is a village and civil parish in South Derbyshire, south of Swadlincote, west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and due south-southwest of Derby (16.5 miles by road). The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,450. Situated within the National Forest, England, National Forest area, it is one of the southernmost settlements in Derbyshire (after Netherseal and Lullington, Derbyshire, Lullington), close to the border with Leicestershire. Historically both Overseal and Netherseal were part of Leicestershire: they were transferred from Leicestershire to Derbyshire in 1897, in return for Leicestershire absorbing several of Derbyshire's enclaves (see List of county exclaves in England and Wales 1844 - 1974#Derbyshire, county enclaves). Geography The village was once part of the district of Seal, which included a number of settlements, many of which form Netherseal and Overseal in modern times. ''Seal'' suggests the area was once heavily forested and ''Nether'' means "lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donisthorpe
Donisthorpe is a village in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, historically an exclave of Derbyshire. History In 1086 Donisthorpe was part of the land given to Nigel of Stafford by William the Conqueror. It was then known as "Durandestorp" which has been interpreted as 'the outlying settlement associated with Durand'. From: ''A Topographical Dictionary of England'', published by S Lewis, London, 1848. DONISTHORPE, an ecclesiastical district, in the union of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, partly in the parish of Nether Seal, W. division of the hundred of Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, and partly in the parishes of Church-Gresley, Measham, and Stretton-en-le-Fields, hundred of Repton and Gresley, S. division of the county of Derby, 3½ miles (S. W.) from Ashby-de-la-Zouch; containing about 1700 inhabitants, of whom 344 are in the hamlet of Donisthorpe. The district includes Oakthorpe and Moira; the Moira baths are celebrated for the cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
