Weston Underwood, Derbyshire
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| Weston Underwood | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Weston Underwood | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK292425 |
| Location: | 52°58’46"N, 1°33’58"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 374 (2011) |
| Post town: | Ashbourne |
| Postcode: | DE6 |
| Dialling code: | 01335 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Amber Valley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Derbyshire Dales |
Weston Underwood is a small, agricultural village in Derbyshire. The population of the civil prish (which includes along with Weston Underwood, Muggington and Muggington Lane End) as taken at the 2011 Census was 374.
The village is just over five miles from Derby. Nearby places are Mugginton, Kedleston Hall and Carsington Water.
History
Weston Underwood appears in the Domesday Book. It notes:
"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 villeins and six bordars have two ploughs. There are 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."
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