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The lodge and church
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Snelston
Location within Derbyshire
Population202 (2011)
OS grid reference SK151434
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ASHBOURNE
Postcode district DE6
Police Derbyshire
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52°59′17″N1°46′34″W / 52.988°N 1.776°W / 52.988; -1.776

Snelston is a village and civil parish three miles south-west of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, England. It includes Anacrehill. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 202. [1] A tributary of the River Dove flows through its centre.

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Toadhole Foot Bridge - this crosses the River Dove as it meanders through its wide flood plain. Beyond the river is Staffordshire. Snelston 359693 1e2d6b79.jpg
Toadhole Foot Bridge - this crosses the River Dove as it meanders through its wide flood plain. Beyond the river is Staffordshire.

The building in the foreground of the photo above is Lower Lodge which stands at the entrance of Snelston Hall. Beyond the lodge is St Peter's Church, Snelston.

The Domesday Book of 1096 listed Snelston in the ancient hundred of Appletree. [2]

Snelston Hall was built in 1827 and was demolished in 1951. The local squire, John Harrison had the village remodelled and a new school built in 1847. The village buildings were designed by the architect Lewis Nockalls Cottingham. This is now a model village.

The parish church of St Peter was substantially rebuilt (except for the tower) in 1825. [3] It is one of the few churches to have had dances regularly held on the roof. [4]

Notable residents

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Snelston is a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 21 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Snelston and the surrounding countryside. The major building in the parish was the original Snelston Hall, which has been largely demolished. The remains of the hall are listed, together with associated structures, including the stable block that has been converted into the present Snelston Hall. The other listed buildings are a church, houses, farmhouses and cottages, a war memorial and a telephone kiosk.

References

  1. "Civil population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. Open Domesday: Snelston. Accessed 3 March 2023.
  3. Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1986. The Buildings of England: Derbyshire. pp 319-320. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. ISBN   0-14-071008-6
  4. Bowyer, L.J. Rev. 1953. The Ancient Parish of Norbury. Ashbourne. J.B. Henstock. Page 29.
  5. Michael Sadler at biography.com accessed June 2007