Boylestone

Boylestone
St John the Baptist's Church, Boylestone
Boylestone parish highlighted within Derbyshire
Population	318 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK182359
District	Derbyshire Dales
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ASHBOURNE
Postcode district	DE6
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
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Boylestone is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 318. ^[1] The village is eight miles east of Uttoxeter. The parish includes Boylestonfield.

The village church is 14th century with a tower added in 1844 by Henry Duesbury. ^{[2] [3]}

The cartoonist Bill Tidy lived in the village.

History

Boylestone was mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers ^[4] and being worth thirty shillings. ^[5]

See also

• Listed buildings in Boylestone

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
2. Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1986. The Buildings of England:Derbyshire. pp 102-103. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.
3. Boylestone at Derbyshireuk.net accessed 19 December 2007
4. Henry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including Doveridge, Aston-on-Trent, Hartshorne and Cowley.
5. Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN   0-14-143994-7 p.747

External links

Media related to Boylestone at Wikimedia Commons

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