Weston Underwood, Derbyshire
- Weston Underwood, Derbyshire
infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Weston Underwood
map_type= Derbyshire
latitude= 52.87
longitude= -1.560
static_
static_image_caption= Weston Underwood.
civil_parish= Weston Underwood
population = 165
shire_district= Amber Valley
shire_county= Derbyshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster= Amber Valley
post_town= Ashbourne
postcode_district = DE6
postcode_area= DE
dial_code= 01335
os_grid_reference= SK2942
Weston Underwood is an agricultural village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire. . It is just over five miles from Derby. Nearby places are Mugginton, Kedleston Hall and Carsington Water.
History
Weston Underwood is mentioned in the Domesday Book["Domesday Book: A Complete Transliteration". London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.752] .]In 1086, the book notes that
"In Weston Underwood, Wolfsige had 1 of land to the . There is land for one plough. There is now one ploughs in demesne and six and six have two ploughs.Therebare six acres of pasture and woodland pasture a league long and half a league broad. Value was 40 shillings now twenty shillings. Gulbert holds it for Ralph de Buron."
References
External links
* [http://www.derbyshireuk.net/muggy.html A guide to Weston Underwood (and Mugginton)]
* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/ Domesday Book] , from The National Archives (UK).
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