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Yeaveley

Village in Derbyshire, England

Summary

Village in Derbyshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
static_image	Yeaveley_church_368688_c31bcd9a.jpg
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	The red brick Holy Trinity church
coordinates
map_type	Derbyshire
official_name	Yeaveley
shire_district	Derbyshire Dales
shire_county	Derbyshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Derbyshire Dales
post_town	ASHBOURNE
postcode_district	DE6
postcode_area	DE
dial_code	01335
os_grid_reference	SK186403

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.

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.

Notable residents

Henry Yevele, medieval architect of Westminster Abbey nave, was born here c. 1320.

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

Roy Wood, musician (Wizzard), lives in nearby Cubley.

References

"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
'House of Knights Hospitallers: The preceptory of Yeaveley and Barrow', A History of the County of Derby: Volume 2 (1907), pp. 75-77. [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40128 url]. Date accessed: 21 April 2008.
"Yeaveley". DerbyshireUK.
"Roy Wood - Wizard - Famous Derbyshire People".

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