Osmaston
| Osmaston | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 The village pond | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK199437 |
| Location: | 52°59’27"N, 1°42’13"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 140 (2011) |
| Post town: | Ashbourne |
| Postcode: | DE6 |
| Dialling code: | 01335 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Derbyshire Dales |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Derbyshire Dales |
Osmaston is a small village in Derbyshire, sitting two and a half miles south of Ashbourne. Osmaston is an archetypal country village, with thatched cottages and a village pond.
The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 140.
The village appears in the Domesday Book under the name Osmundestone. The parish was originally named 'Whitestone'.
Parish church
The village church, St Martin's, dates from 1606, although the present building was constructed in 1843. The building was previously a wickerwork construction.
About the village
The war memorial stands at the side of the road, near the church, commemorating those lost in the Great War.
The only pub in the village is the Shoulder of Mutton. There is also a village hall and a primary school.
Osmaston Manor was designed by Henry Isaac Stevens for Francis Wright of the Butterley Iron Company and completed in 1849. The house was demolished in 1964.[1] The estate was sold in 1888 to Sir Ian Walker's family, who had the house demolished when they moved to Okeover and adopted the Okeover name. The Walker-Okeovers still own the land; the estate hosts popular horse trials and the Ashbourne Shire Horse Show.[1] The terraces of the house's gardens are still apparent today.
Osmaston Manor was used as a Red Cross hospital during Second World War.[2]
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Osmaston) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Villages near Ashbourne (accessed 17 June 2008)
- ↑ Osmaston Manor, Red Cross Hospital (BBC WW2 People's War)