Rodsley

Rodsley

Footpath to Shirley. This is just one of a web of footpaths that pass through Rodsley.
Rodsley
 Rodsley shown within Derbyshire
OS grid referenceSK202403
DistrictDerbyshire Dales
Shire countyDerbyshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town ASHBOURNE
Postcode district DE6
Dialling code 01335
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentDerbyshire Dales
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Coordinates: 52°57′36″N 1°42′00″W / 52.960°N 1.700°W / 52.960; -1.700

Rodsley is a small village about 4 miles (6 km) south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire. As the population of the village was less than 100 at the 2011 Census, details are included in the civil parish of Yeaveley.

Facilities

Rodsley is one of the few villages who advertise their own helipad.[1]

History

Nearby Hollington and Rodsley[2] are included as manors in the 1086 Domesday Survey as belonging to Henry de Ferrers,[3] who was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire. His descendants became the Earls of Derby and still owned land in Shirley in the nineteenth century. Mention is also made of the abbey of Burton as having internet.

In 1881, Rodsley had a population of 136 people.[4]

It has been calculated that in 1901, Rodsley represented the population centre of Britain. This centre has been travelling southwards through Longford (in 1911) and was lying somewhere near Appleby Parva on the Derbyshire to Leicestershire border in 2000.[5]

Notable residents

Saint Ralph Sherwin was born here in 1550. He was canonised (declared a saint) in 1970 and his feast day is 1 December - the day he died in 1581.

Notes and references

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