Sudbury is a 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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...
, England, located about south of
Ashbourne. It is part of the
Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire Dales ( ) is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Derbyshire, England. The district was created in 1974 as West Derbyshire; the name was changed to Derbyshire Dales in 1987. The council is based in the town of Matl ...
district. The population as recorded at the 2001 Census was 976, increasing to 1,010 at the 2011 Census. The £0.5m
A50 bypass opened in 1972. The parish includes the hamlets of
Aston
Aston is an area of inner Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Located immediately to the north-west of Birmingham city centre, Central Birmingham, Aston constitutes a wards of the United Kingdom, war ...
,
Aston Heath, Dalebrook and
Oaks Green
Oaks Green is a small village located in Derbyshire, England, within the Peak District National Park. The village is surrounded by rolling hills, woodland, and streams, characteristic of the region’s natural landscape.
The village has a small ...
.
Sudbury Hall and
HM Prison Sudbury are located here.
History
Sudbury was mentioned in 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 ...
as belonging to
Henry de Ferrers
Henry de Ferrers (died by 1100), magnate and administrator, was a Normans, Norman who after the 1066 Norman conquest of England, Norman conquest was awarded extensive lands in England.
Origins
He was the eldest son of Vauquelin de Ferrers and i ...
and was worth twenty shillings.
[''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.746]
Sudbury previously had its own
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
that is now closed.
Famous residents
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Edward Harcourt,
Archbishop of York
The archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and the metropolitan bishop of the province of York, which covers the ...
, was born here
*
William Harcourt founder of the
British Association for the Advancement of Science
The British Science Association (BSA) is a Charitable organization, charity and learned society founded in 1831 to aid in the promotion and development of science. Until 2009 it was known as the British Association for the Advancement of Scienc ...
was born here in 1789.
Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
The ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is a 29-volume reference work, an edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. It was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. So ...
*
George John Warren Vernon, M.P. and
Dante
Dante Alighieri (; most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri; – September 14, 1321), widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian Italian poetry, poet, writer, and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called ...
enthusiast was born here in 1803
See also
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Listed buildings in Sudbury, Derbyshire
References
External links
Villages in Derbyshire
Civil parishes in Derbyshire
World War II prisoner-of-war camps in England
Derbyshire Dales
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