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History

Kedleston was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de FerrersHenry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including Great Longstone, Wormhill, Duffield and Cowley. and having a mill. It was valued at 20 shillings.''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.749 The name of the village derives from ''Ketel’s tūn,'' the homestead belonging to Ketel, from the Old Norse ''Ketill'' The medieval village was demolished by the Curzons to build Kedleston Hall, the historic residence of the

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now run by the National Trust. The parish Church adjacent to the hall All Saints is all that remains of the original village and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Notable residents

Robert of Courçon, English cardinal, was born here in the 12th century. George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859–1925), Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary.

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