Sudbury, Derbyshire

Village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England

Human settlement in England

Sudbury is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, located about 9 miles (14 km) south of Ashbourne. It is part of the Derbyshire Dales district. The population as recorded at the 2001 Census was 976, increasing to 1,010 at the 2011 Census.^[2] The £0.5m A50 bypass opened in 1972. The parish includes the hamlets of Aston, Aston Heath, Dalebrook and Oaks Green.

Sudbury Hall and HM Prison Sudbury are located here.

History

Sudbury was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers and was worth twenty shillings.^[3]

Sudbury previously had its own railway station that is now closed.

Famous residents

• Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York, was born here
• William Harcourt founder of the British Association for the Advancement of Science was born here in 1789.^[4]
• George John Warren Vernon, M.P. and Dante enthusiast was born here in 1803

See also

• Listed buildings in Sudbury, Derbyshire

References

1. ONS Neighbourhood Statistics: 2001 Census
2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
3. Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.746
4. Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition

External links

Media related to Sudbury, Derbyshire at Wikimedia Commons