Weston Underwood, Derbyshire

See also: Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire

Weston Underwood
Weston Underwood
Weston Underwood Location within Derbyshire
Population	374 (2011)_
OS grid reference	SK2942
Civil parish	Weston Underwood
District	Amber Valley
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ashbourne
Postcode district	DE6
Dialling code	01335
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Derbyshire Dales

Weston Underwood is an agricultural village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire. The population of the Civil Parish (comprising the Villages of Weston Underwood, Muggington and Muggington Lane End) as taken at the 2011 Census was 374.[1] It is just over five miles (8 km) from Derby. Nearby places are Mugginton, Kedleston Hall and Carsington Water.

History

Weston Underwood is mentioned in the Domesday Book.[2]

In 1086, the book notes that

"In Weston Underwood, Wolfsige had 1 carucate of land to the geld. There is land for one plough. There is now one ploughs in demesne and six villans and six bordars have two ploughs.Therebare six acres of pasture and woodland pasture a league long and half a league broad. Value was 40 shillings now twenty shillings. Gulbert holds it for Ralph de Buron."

See also

• Listed buildings in Weston Underwood, Derbyshire

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
2. Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.752

External links

• A guide to Weston Underwood (and Mugginton)
• Domesday Book, from The National Archives (UK).