Rodsley

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Rodsley
Footpath to Shirley. This is just one of a web of footpaths that pass through Rodsley.
Rodsley shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK202403
District	Derbyshire Dales
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ASHBOURNE
Postcode district	DE6
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire

Coordinates: 52°57′36″N 1°42′00″W / 52.96, -1.7

Rodsley is a small village about four miles south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire.

Contents 1 Facilities 2 History 3 Notable Residents 4 Notes and References 5 External links

[edit] Facilities

Rodsley has its own chapel, it is also one of the few villages who advertise their own helipad^[1].

[edit] 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 an interest.

In 1881, Rodsley had a population of just over 1,300 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].

[edit] Notable Residents

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

[edit] Notes and References

[edit] External links

• 1840 Tithe Map for Rodsley