Kedleston
| Kedleston | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 Kedleston Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK311403 |
| Location: | 52°58’0"N, 1°32’50"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Derby |
| Postcode: | DE22 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Amber Valley |
Kedleston is a tiny village in Derbyshire, to the north-west of Derby, the main feature of which is the magnificent Kedleston Hall, the historic residence of the Curzon family and now run by the National Trust.
The parish church is All Saints,[1] which is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It is the only surviving building from the original village.
Nearby places include Quarndon, Weston Underwood, Mugginton, and Kirk Langley. The population at the 2011 Census was less than 100.
The name of the village derives from Ketel’s tun, the homestead belonging to Ketel: the name 'ketel' is a known Old Norse name, recorded as Ketill [2]
History
Kedleston appears in the Domesday Book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers and as having a mill. It was valued at 20 shillings.
The original site of the village is found now in the parkland surrounding Kedleston Hall. The entire village was moved by Sir Nathaniel Curzon in around 1760 when he diverted the road away from his house to create the parkland. The village was located close to the hall and church, and a map from the 1720s shows 13 buildings along the east-west route through the park. Surveys of the parkland have identified possible house platforms.[3]
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References
- ↑ All Saints' Church: DerbyshireUK
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. ISBN 0198691033
- ↑ Beresford's Lost Villages: Kedleston
- Kedleston Village 9site of): Heritage Gateway