Yeaveley

Yeaveley
The red brick Holy Trinity church
Yeaveley Location within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK186403
District	Derbyshire Dales
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ASHBOURNE
Postcode district	DE6
Dialling code	01335
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Derbyshire Dales
List of places UK England Derbyshire 52°57′36″N1°43′26″W / 52.960°N 1.724°W / 52.960; -1.724

Yeaveley is a small village and civil parish near Rodsley and 4 miles south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish (including Rodsley) as at the 2011 census was 396. ^[1]

The village has no school but does have a public house and the Holy Trinity Church. During the reign of Richard I, Ralph Foun gave a hermitage at Yeaveley with lands, waters, woods, mills, and other appurtenances to the Knights Hospitallers. ^[2]

Notable residents

Henry Yevele, medieval architect of Westminster Abbey nave, was born here c. 1320. ^[3]

John Jackson Oakden, pioneer pastoralist and explorer of South Australia, was born here 1818.

Roy Wood, musician (Wizzard), lives in nearby Cubley. ^[4]

See also

• Listed buildings in Yeaveley

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
2. 'House of Knights Hospitallers: The preceptory of Yeaveley and Barrow', A History of the County of Derby: Volume 2 (1907), pp. 75-77. url. Date accessed: 21 April 2008.
3. "Yeaveley". DerbyshireUK. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
4. "Roy Wood - Wizard - Famous Derbyshire People". www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

External links

Media related to Yeaveley at Wikimedia Commons