Weston Underwood is an agricultural village and
civil parish
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in the
Amber Valley
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district of
Derbyshire
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. 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.
It is just over five miles (8 km) from
Derby
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. Nearby places are
Mugginton,
Kedleston Hall
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and
Carsington Water
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.
History
Weston Underwood is mentioned in the
Domesday Book
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[''Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.752]
In 1086, the book notes that
"In Weston Underwood, Wolfsige had 1 carucate
The carucate or carrucate ( lat-med, carrūcāta or ) was a medieval unit of land area approximating the land a plough team of eight oxen could till in a single annual season. It was known by different regional names and fell under different forms ...
of land to the geld
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* Gelding, equine castration
* Danegeld
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. There is land for one plough. There is now one ploughs in demesne and six villans and six bordars
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have two ploughs.Therebare six acres of pasture and woodland pasture a league
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Sports
* Sports league
* Rugby league, full contact footba ...
long and half a league broad. Value was 40 shillings now twenty shillings. Gulbert holds it for Ralph de Buron."
See also
*
Listed buildings in Weston Underwood, Derbyshire
References
External links
A guide to Weston Underwood (and Mugginton)Domesday Book from
The National Archives (UK)
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Villages in Derbyshire
Civil parishes in Derbyshire
Geography of Amber Valley
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