Windley is a small village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
in
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...
, England, around north 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 ...
, adjacent to the
B5023 Duffield to
Wirksworth road. The civil parish population as taken at the 2011 Census was 148.
It was formerly part of the parish of Duffield within
Duffield Frith
Duffield Frith was, in medieval times, an area of Derbyshire in England, part of that bestowed upon Henry de Ferrers (or Ferrars) by King William, controlled from his seat at Duffield Castle. From 1266 it became part of the Duchy of Lancaster a ...
.
During the reign of
Henry III the Mynors, of the manor of Windle-hill in
Sutton-on-the-Hill
Sutton-on-the-Hill is a parish in south Derbyshire eight miles (13 km) west of Derby. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 123. The village is widely spread out and contains both a church (which, unlike most of the ...
,
Ashbourne also had lands in Windley.
[Daniel and Samuel Lysons (1817) Magna Britannia: volume 5 Pages 129-142 'Parishes: Doveridge - Duffield', http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50727. Date accessed: 24 October 2007.]
Sir Roger Mynor was
High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1514, Sergeant of the King's Cellar, an official of
Duffield Frith
Duffield Frith was, in medieval times, an area of Derbyshire in England, part of that bestowed upon Henry de Ferrers (or Ferrars) by King William, controlled from his seat at Duffield Castle. From 1266 it became part of the Duchy of Lancaster a ...
under the
Duchy of Lancaster
The Duchy of Lancaster is the private estate of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British sovereign as Duke of Lancaster. The principal purpose of the estate is to provide a source of independent income to the sovereign. The estate consists of ...
and a
Commissioner of Peace for the
County of Derby. He, with his lady, has a magnificent table-tomb in St. Alkmunds Church, Duffield.
See also
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Listed buildings in Windley
Windley is a civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains eight listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England
The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's ...
References
External links
Villages in Derbyshire
Geography of Amber Valley
Civil parishes in Derbyshire
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