Weston Underwood, Derbyshire

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Weston Underwood
Weston Underwood.
Weston Underwood shown within Derbyshire
Population	165
OS grid reference	SK2942
Parish	Weston Underwood
District	Amber Valley
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ashbourne
Postcode district	DE6
Dialling code	01335
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Amber Valley
List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire

Coordinates: 52°52′N 1°34′W / 52.87, -1.56

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.

[edit] History

Weston Underwood is mentioned in the Domesday Book^[1].

In 1086, the book notes that

"In Weston Underwood, Wolfsige had 1 carucate of land to the geld. There is land for one plough. There is now one ploughs in demesne and six villans and six bordars 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."