Snelston is a village and
civil parish three miles south-west of
Ashbourne in Derbyshire, England. It includes
Anacrehill. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 202. A tributary of the
River Dove flows through its centre.
The building in the foreground of the photo above is Lower Lodge which stands at the entrance of Snelston Hall. Beyond the lodge is
St Peter's Church, Snelston.
The
Domesday Book
Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
of 1096 listed Snelston in the ancient
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101.
In mathematics
100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...
of
Appletree.
Snelston Hall was built in 1827 and was demolished in 1951. The local squire, John Harrison had the village remodelled and a new school built in 1847. The village buildings were designed by the architect
Lewis Nockalls Cottingham. This is now a
model village.
The parish church of
St Peter was substantially rebuilt (except for the tower) in 1825. It is one of the few churches to have had dances regularly held on the roof.
Notable residents
*
Michael Sadler, MP, factory reformer, was born here in 1780.
Michael Sadler at biography.com
accessed June 2007 He reformed the laws for children working in factories.
* Hannah Allen, a writer who suffered from religious insanity, was born here in 1638.
See also
* Listed buildings in Snelston
Gallery
Image:Snelston1.JPG, The war memorial
Image:Snelston2.JPG, The Old Post Office
Image:Snelston3.JPG, School Farm
Image:Snelston4.JPG, Brook Cottages
Image:Snelston5.JPG, Church of St. Peter
Image:Snelston6.JPG, Nave of the church of St. Peter
Image:Snelston7.JPG, Sanctuary of the church of St. Peter
References
External links
*
Snelston at DerbyshireUK
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Villages in Derbyshire
Civil parishes in Derbyshire
Derbyshire Dales