- Shottle
Infobox UK place
country = England
static_
static_image_caption=St Lawrence Church, Shottle.
latitude = 53.044
longitude = -1.537
map_type = Derbyshire
official_name = Shottle
population =
shire_district =Amber Valley
shire_county =Derbyshire
region = East Midlands
constituency_westminster =
post_town = BELPER
postcode_district = DE56
postcode_area = DE
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SK311497Shottle is a
village roughly 2.5 miles west ofBelper ,Derbyshire England.In Norman times, the manor of Shottle, referred to as "Sothille" in the
Domesday Survey , belonged to the Ferrars family. Shottle Park was one of the seven parks withinDuffield Frith . [Turbutt, G., (1999) "A History of Derbyshire. Volume 2: Medieval Derbyshire," Cardiff: Merton Priory Press] The gate at its south east corner is still known as Shottle Gate. To the south was the much smaller Postern Park. The present day parish is known as Shottle and Postern.It was annexed to the
Duchy of Lancaster after the rebellion byRobert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby . It is thought to have passed to theEarl of Shrewsbury during the reign ofQueen Elizabeth I . It was sold in 1630 by Philip,Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery , to Christian, the wife ofWilliam Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire . [Daniel and Samuel Lysons (1817) Magna Britannia: volume 5 Pages 129-142 'Parishes: Doveridge - Duffield', http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50727. Date accessed: 24 October 2007. ]References
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