Yeaveley 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 ...
near
Rodsley
Rodsley is a small village and civil parish about south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire. As the population of the village was less than 100 at the 2011 Census, details are included in the civil parish of Yeaveley.
History
Nearby Hollington and Rods ...
and 4 miles south of
Ashbourne in
Derbyshire
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. The population of the civil parish (including Rodsley) as at the 2011 census was 396.
The village has no school but does have a public house and the Holy Trinity Church. During the reign of
Richard I
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overl ...
,
Ralph Foun gave a hermitage at Yeaveley with lands, waters, woods, mills, and other appurtenances to the
Knights Hospitallers
The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order. It was headq ...
.
Notable residents
Henry Yevele
Henry Yevele (''c''. 1320 – 1400) was the most prolific and successful master mason active in late medieval England. The first document relating to him is dated 3 December 1353, when he purchased the Freedom of the City of London#Freedom of the C ...
, medieval architect of
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an historic, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United ...
nave, was born here c. 1320.
John Jackson Oakden
John Jackson Oakden (1818 – 31 March 1884), pastoralist, was an English explorer of South Australia, part of the European exploration of Australia, and a pioneer runholder of the Canterbury region of New Zealand.
Early life
Born in 1818 at Y ...
, pioneer pastoralist and explorer of
South Australia
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, was born here 1818.
Roy Wood
Roy Wood (born 8 November 1946) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard. As a songwriter, he contributed a n ...
, musician (
Wizzard
Wizzard were an English rock band formed by Roy Wood, former member of the Move and co-founder of the Electric Light Orchestra. ''The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits'' states, "Wizzard was Roy Wood just as much as Wings was Paul McCartne ...
), lives in nearby
Cubley.
See also
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Listed buildings in Yeaveley
References
External links
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Villages in Derbyshire
Towns and villages of the Peak District
Derbyshire Dales