Hazelwood (until recently spelt Hazlewood) is a village in

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at the lower end of the

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around five miles north of

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, England. Ordnance Survey maps in the nineteenth century spelt it Hazzlewood. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 330. It is located on the western edge of Chevin Hill. Nearby is a place called Firestone where beacon fires were lit to rouse the country when peril of invasion or other dangers were imminent. Firestone is now the site of a reservoir owned by the

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water board. Formerly it was part of the parish and manor of nearby Duffield. In 1817 it was recorded that "Hazlewood is parcel of the manor of Duffield. The Blount family had for many years an estate there, called a manor in records of the reign of Edward III. and that of Edward IV." In the days before Hazelwood had its own cemetery, burials were conducted at St. Alkmunds in Duffield. It is said that funeral parties would stop for refreshment at the New Inn on Hazlewood Road (now a private house) and would leave the coffin resting on the flat stone coping of the garden wall.Bland, J., (1922), ''Old Duffield, Village, Church and Castle: with Some Personal Reminiscences'' Derby: Harpur and Sons Hazelwood railway station was about half a mile from St. John's Church down Hob Hill, on the Wirksworth Branch of the

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, born in

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, married locally born Percy Winstanley Hull and moved to "The Knowle" where she wrote a number of books, including '' The Sheik'', which led to the film of the same name starring

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References

Derbyshire transcripts of Kelly's Directory from: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland. pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.226-227 – Hazlewood, Derbyshire

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Parish Council website
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